republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2156.md

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Bill	Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.	Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2156	New Jersey S 2156 (217)	bill	DRUG ABUSE PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Caputo, Ralph R. Caride, Marlene Diegnan, Patrick J. Lagana, Joseph A. Moriarty, Paul D. Pinkin, Nancy J. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F. Weinberg, Loretta Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	10	5	2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bbd3d553-d492-468e-83e1-37fe4b0db074	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	5326696c29438bda9411e2a1c53c65d705a65076bda16bda0a56dc174693eb26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2156 (217) — Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.

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 — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
• Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Ciattarelli, Jack M. — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-1) passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3424 (1R)
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.8. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbd3d553-d492-468e-83e1-37fe4b0db074. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).