---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP, but who are eligible for SHBP by virtue of public employment."
description: "Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP, but who are eligible for SHBP by virtue of public employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 3939"
citation: "New Jersey A 3939 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Speight, Shanique", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65136bf4-338a-4260-bf12-5cb6cc4e44f8"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "865c3566da2eeed2ea76e8af82e271430764a2a981f3387f529efa7dfa0fa78a"
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 3939 (221) — Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP, but who are eligible for SHBP by virtue of public employment.

## 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/A4000/3939_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2890
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.15. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65136bf4-338a-4260-bf12-5cb6cc4e44f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).