republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-2280.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	Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*	Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 2280	New Jersey A 2280 (219)	bill	DRUG ABUSE HEALTH FAC	enacted	Armato, John Cryan, Joseph P. Gopal, Vin Murphy, Carol A. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	2	10	2	2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0d333e35-e624-45ef-9e84-1e6c65e7635d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	fb428fc8e0d0a79102473767b1f0c0a996478cf88d803bcc90fb0c0aeb21d38a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2280 (219) — Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*

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 Assembly committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (73-0-0) passage
• 2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee referral-committee
• 2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1763 (1R)
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.31. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d333e35-e624-45ef-9e84-1e6c65e7635d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).