---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Healthcare Finance Enhancement Act.\""
description: "\"Healthcare Finance Enhancement Act.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5809"
citation: "New Jersey A 5809 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy, Carol A.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2065125f-36ff-4c28-aa49-64d53dbfde0a"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "df8157038bf600269a9dba1d7a8eb49aa6daa6c71b7807c7149e9614c45fc986"
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 5809 (221) — "Healthcare Finance Enhancement Act."

## 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/A6000/5809_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **48–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (48-28-0) `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 S4656 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.70. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2065125f-36ff-4c28-aa49-64d53dbfde0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).