republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2563.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	Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.	Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2563	New Jersey S 2563 (217)	bill	HEALTH FAC	enacted	Kean, Thomas H. Lampitt, Pamela R. McKnight, Angela V. O'Scanlon, Declan J. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Weinberg, Loretta	2	8	1	2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00	2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a01ea7c6bb8d72804e5af99b7348267a5165b1b17e05aaf45ce76ef7c1cf4dcd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2563 (217) — Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.

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

Sponsors

• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (31-0) (Weinberg) amendment-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4163 (3R)
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-0) passage
• 2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.234. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).