republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2970.md

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Bill	Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.	Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2970	New Jersey S 2970 (217)	bill	HEALTH FAC PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Diegnan, Patrick J. Jimenez, Angelica M. Lampitt, Pamela R. Rible, David P. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	8	2	2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e098e8a8-ff2b-4ba2-8ec6-34b6a0626d48	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	aa57ec6c119db69dd178b32cc436be544f54e1bb16bd9d9177882aec8e0ecf8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2970 (217) — Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.

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 favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Rible, David P. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4522 (1R)
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-2) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.135. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e098e8a8-ff2b-4ba2-8ec6-34b6a0626d48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).