---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands authority of pharmacy technician in administering drugs and vaccines and permits certain pharmacists and pharmacy interns, externs, and technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccine.*"
description: "Expands authority of pharmacy technician in administering drugs and vaccines and permits certain pharmacists and pharmacy interns, externs, and technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccine.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 1899"
citation: "New Jersey A 1899 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Mukherji, Raj", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59030e40-e0d3-44d9-9ca6-f607f3d85a71"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "ae5df76dba502bf7f0c96413d139bd7fdabef270552e89057f515275ff3975d6"
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 1899 (221) — Expands authority of pharmacy technician in administering drugs and vaccines and permits certain pharmacists and pharmacy interns, externs, and technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccine.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1899_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SHH 10/28/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1899_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SHH 12/9/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1899_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — 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`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (58-17-1) `passage`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1981 (2R)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-6) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (55-15-0) `passage`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.17. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59030e40-e0d3-44d9-9ca6-f607f3d85a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).