republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1266.md

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

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Bill	Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*	Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1266	New Jersey S 1266 (217)	bill	HEALTH	enacted	Eustace, Tim Gill, Nia H. Gusciora, Reed Quijano, Annette Vitale, Joseph F.	2	9	4	2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00	2016-08-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/79359f42-4bab-47b1-a207-6dc96a5829f2	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	9b359c8feb320b83bf991b8e94487b6bed684f9b54192adfd034a83d10fbca05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1266 (217) — Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 58–14 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–5 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 26–12 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Green, Jerry — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (26-12) passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A415 (ACS/1R)
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (58-14-3) passage
• 2016-08-31T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.36. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79359f42-4bab-47b1-a207-6dc96a5829f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).