Became P.L.2020, c.13, on March 20, 2020.
2020–2021 Session
Assembly Bill 3854
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.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Mar 16
Nancy F. Muñoz, Daniel R. Benson
Chief co-sponsors from Mar 16
11 co-sponsors
Serena DiMaso, Britnee N. Timberlake, Mila M. Jasey, Andrew Zwicker, Thomas P. Giblin, Pedro Mejia, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Angelica M. Jimenez, Joann Downey, Angela V. McKnight, Roy Freiman
In the Senate
Sponsor from Mar 19
Nia H. Gill Esq., Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, M. Teresa Ruiz, Dawn Marie Addiego, Linda R. Greenstein, Thomas H. Kean Jr., Chris A. Brown, James W. Holzapfel, Robert W. Singer, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr.
Chief co-sponsors from Mar 19
1 co-sponsor
Its course
March 16 to March 20, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action7 actions on 3 days
In the General AssemblyMar 16 to Mar 160 days
In the SenateMar 16 to Mar 193 days
With the GovernorMar 19 to Mar 201 day
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading63–0
Mar 16
General Assembly, third reading65–0
Passed · Mar 16
Senate, third reading34–0
Passed · Mar 19
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Mar 16
- Mar 16Introduced in the General Assembly and read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 65 to 0
In the Senate Mar 16 – Mar 19
- Mar 16Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Mar 19Passed the Senate, 34 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Mar 20
- Mar 20Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2020, c.13
All 7 actions, as published
- Mar 16INT 1RA AWR 2RAGeneral Assembly
- Mar 16ERGeneral Assembly
- Mar 16PAGeneral Assembly
- Mar 16R/S SWR 2RSSenate
- Mar 19SUB FORSenate
- Mar 19PS PBHSenate
- Mar 20APPGovernor