---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup."
description: "Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5353"
citation: "New Jersey A 5353 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, John", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "Ramirez, Jessica", "Sampson, William B.", "Sarlo, Paul A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faea1839-56b5-41af-878b-c5a02760df33"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "e88529c1c1d26ca7f905aca14222e92492b5731d94b7013a91ead3b00d64eaf8"
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 5353 (221) — Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup.

## 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/A5500/5353_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen, John — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-1-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4448
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.263. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faea1839-56b5-41af-878b-c5a02760df33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).