republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2436.md

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Bill	Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**	Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2436	New Jersey S 2436 (219)	bill	DISEASE PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Gopal, Vin Greenstein, Linda R. Houghtaling, Eric Mukherji, Raj	2	14	7	2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00	2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/59256720-0c8b-43a0-8ecf-ec7c7da83642	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3ca4aef06bbd5a813e91a5c313156ed504ea53aefafbc0976d9e3cbdfb29117d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2436 (219) — Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**

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) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4012 (1R)
• 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) passage
• 2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.101. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59256720-0c8b-43a0-8ecf-ec7c7da83642. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).