republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-3491.md

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Bill	Revises and expands authorization for any person or entity to obtain, distribute, and administer opioid antidotes.**	Revises and expands authorization for any person or entity to obtain, distribute, and administer opioid antidotes.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 3491	New Jersey S 3491 (219)	bill	DRUG ABUSE	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Lagana, Joseph A. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Verrelli, Anthony S. Vitale, Joseph F.	3	8	4	2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00	2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6ea6f1e8-0596-4125-843d-d730e4cc49ab	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	096da6dfc54aa95df98a1758c5d0765242a8ca92c9a0e846c522457274134652	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3491 (219) — Revises and expands authorization for any person or entity to obtain, distribute, and administer opioid antidotes.**

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
3. Senate Substitute (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• SENATE SUBSTITUTE — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Substitution (28-0) (Vitale)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-3) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5457 (ACS/1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) passage
• 2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.152. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ea6f1e8-0596-4125-843d-d730e4cc49ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).