---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*"
description: "Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 537"
citation: "New Jersey S 537 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "McKeon, John F.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de06e26a-8f72-49a7-b337-e107e1717731"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "59bd29352a553a2baed09fe10a872fcdd7d5a74dd36d35681e3bdc9357a0bffd"
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 S 537 (219) — Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/537_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/537_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3110 (1R)
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.260. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de06e26a-8f72-49a7-b337-e107e1717731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).