republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-457.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.	Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 457	New Jersey A 457 (217)	bill	DRUG ABUSE MENTAL HEALT PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Eustace, Tim Gusciora, Reed Holley, Jamel C. Mazzeo, Vincent Scutari, Nicholas P. Vitale, Joseph F.	1	8	3	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2016-09-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b705d804-d62b-4c47-8cf5-9522b7eee8d5	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a40e6902768e1050ce2886314a25a1a3921d3f9e1c58f1d02376e9233a8566dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 457 (217) — Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 56–13 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 28–9 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (56-13-7) passage
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2345
• 2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (28-9) passage
• 2016-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.53. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b705d804-d62b-4c47-8cf5-9522b7eee8d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).