---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards."
description: "Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4447"
citation: "New Jersey A 4447 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "PHARMACEUTIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzariti Jr., John V.", "DePhillips, Christopher P.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Schepisi, Holly T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f620c5a2-9eee-4d59-8017-0c74b2de73e2"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "112be488809b042626aedc87ab96a97d1db36bb7b67d0acdea143b4906658fcb"
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 4447 (221) — Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards.

## 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/A4500/4447_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SJU 9/26/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4447_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzariti Jr., John V. — primary (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3242 (1R)
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.87. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f620c5a2-9eee-4d59-8017-0c74b2de73e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).