republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-4538.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	Requires dental insurers to provide credits for reduced usage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.	Requires dental insurers to provide credits for reduced usage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 4538	New Jersey A 4538 (219)	bill	DISEASE HEALTH INSUR	enacted	Bucco, Anthony M. Lampitt, Pamela R. Pou, Nellie Quijano, Annette	2	10	5	2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00	2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d339c105-eeb9-4a93-914f-5d2bf050a48d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	16ab45d5aac77466a0fb039044381e8e4a9a19aac48af84e247b7b4e1d97a03b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4538 (219) — Requires dental insurers to provide credits for reduced usage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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
• CONCUR IN SA — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 70–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (70-1-3) passage
• 2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3131 (1R)
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-3) passage
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.295 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d339c105-eeb9-4a93-914f-5d2bf050a48d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).