republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-619.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	Permits use of telemedicine and telehealth to authorize patients for medical cannabis and to issue written instructions for dispensing medical cannabis. *	Permits use of telemedicine and telehealth to authorize patients for medical cannabis and to issue written instructions for dispensing medical cannabis. *	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 619	New Jersey S 619 (219)	bill	MARIJUANA PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Downey, Joann Lampitt, Pamela R. O'Scanlon, Declan J.	2	15	8	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e9864e54-5127-42d7-9105-6361acd54bc6	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	91f04c82353852bb9c92e43c0faa6d81aa3e7d9530d10db136ad7b535598dc74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 619 (219) — Permits use of telemedicine and telehealth to authorize patients for medical cannabis and to issue written instructions for dispensing medical cannabis. *

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 68–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 61–8 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-1) passage
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1635 (1R)
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (68-6-3) passage
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-1) passage
• 2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-1)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-3) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-8-2) passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.118. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9864e54-5127-42d7-9105-6361acd54bc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).