---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*"
description: "Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5381"
citation: "New Jersey A 5381 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENSIONS POL", "PENSIONS PUB", "STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Venezia, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24f94096-0509-4af1-9967-b68ec61347fc"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "815451678740d6a8b6c881cda40cc4417138ddad3e15df3be30b6046dd246ca2"
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 5381 (221) — Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*

## 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/A5500/5381_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 6/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5381_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4402 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.117. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24f94096-0509-4af1-9967-b68ec61347fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).