---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols."
description: "Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 1825"
citation: "New Jersey A 1825 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR", "PHARMACEUTIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramnick, Jon M.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4cba0a4-e467-43c5-bfb4-bac48cbb71ee"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "4719b3ee26f77aacdd0cfe87f03423f9ad4ffbf2e66d2ee6fc47b57bf2d554b3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 1825 (221) — Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AAP 3/20/25 ACS ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1825_U2.HTM)
2. **Assembly Committee Substitute AFI 1/27/25 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1825_U1.HTM)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1825_I1.HTM)
4. **Reprint AHE 3/14/24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1825_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Azzariti Jr., John V. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Guardian, Donald A. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-2-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3533 (SCS)
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.50. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4cba0a4-e467-43c5-bfb4-bac48cbb71ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).