---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*"
description: "Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5309"
citation: "New Jersey A 5309 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Donlon, Margie", "Freiman, Roy", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Simmons, Heather"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dabde55-a17c-497d-92dc-dfa3aaa9f150"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "7a48405425a0cbd9777470cdfcd2ef35a7c7d5ae4537a9da4e427d65dbc4e02e"
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 5309 (221) — Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*

## 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/A5500/5309_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHE 3/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5309_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5309_R3.HTM)
4. **Reprint SBA 6/26/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5309_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Donlon, Margie — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Kane, Melinda — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4147 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.175. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dabde55-a17c-497d-92dc-dfa3aaa9f150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).