Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 16, 2020
Signed Mar 20, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 19, 2020 · General Assembly Mar 16, 2020
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 39
Mar 19, 2020
D
Democratic26
88% Yea
R
Republican13
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Mar 20, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, c.13.
executive
Mar 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0)
upper
Mar 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (65-0-0)
lower
Mar 16, 2020
Introduced
Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading
lower
13 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Singer
RRepublican
P
CA
Chris A. Brown
RRepublican
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
DM
Dawn Marie Addiego
DDemocratic
P
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
P
Jim Holzapfel
RRepublican
P
Joe Vitale
DDemocratic
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
NM
Nancy Muñoz
RRepublican
P
NH
Nia H. Gill, Esq.
DDemocratic
P
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
P
TH
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
JD
Joann Downey
DDemocratic
Co
MM
Mila M. Jasey
DDemocratic
Co
PM
Pedro Mejia
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
SD
Serena DiMaso
DDemocratic
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