republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-837.md

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Bill	Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*	Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 837	New Jersey A 837 (217)	bill	DRUG ABUSE HEALTH PROF	enacted	Green, Jerry Greenstein, Linda R. Jimenez, Angelica M. Mukherji, Raj Munoz, Nancy F. Sacco, Nicholas J. Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	13	4	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/28ccbfb1-2fe0-47f4-b128-71da2be1c316	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	1aa44ec940549104428befa205a1f223ea6093ec455b86250024f5fc62e44acc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 837 (217) — Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Green, Jerry — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
• Sacco, Nicholas J. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — 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
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Jimenez) amendment-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (70-0-1) passage
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee referral-committee
• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S468 (2R)
• 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.69. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28ccbfb1-2fe0-47f4-b128-71da2be1c316. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).