republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-3973.md

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Bill	Revises law concerning patient referrals to substance use disorder treatment facilities, recovery residences, and clinical laboratories.*	Revises law concerning patient referrals to substance use disorder treatment facilities, recovery residences, and clinical laboratories.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 3973	New Jersey A 3973 (221)	bill	DRUG ABUSE HEALTH FAC	enacted	Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Schnall, Alexander Verrelli, Anthony S. Vitale, Joseph F. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	13	7	2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00	2025-08-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cc715d98-a5cc-42b8-bfcc-4e88f1052380	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	20949ba4baa767666f957b6cd89654abdb450898f2e18ecfbbd684291177e4ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3973 (221) — Revises law concerning patient referrals to substance use disorder treatment facilities, recovery residences, and clinical laboratories.*

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SBA 3/17/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Schnall, Alexander — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3952 (1R)
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (80-0-0) passage
• 2025-08-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.121. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc715d98-a5cc-42b8-bfcc-4e88f1052380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).