Became P.L.2023, c.24, on March 13, 2023.
2022–2023 Session
Assembly Bill 256
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke via use of smoke evacuation system.*
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 Jan 11
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 13
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 27
6 co-sponsors
Daniel R. Benson, Herb Conaway Jr., Carol A. Murphy, Kim Eulner, Marilyn Piperno, Michele Matsikoudis
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 19
1 co-sponsor
Its course
January 11, 2022 to March 13, 2023, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading73–0
Passed · Oct 27
Senate, third reading36–0
Passed · Dec 19
General Assembly, concurrence78–0
Passed · Jan 26, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Angela V. McKnight, Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brandon E. Umba, Brian Bergen, Brian E. Rumpf, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, DiAnne C. Gove, Donald A. Guardian, Edward H. Thomson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Erik Peterson, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gary S. Schaer, Gerry Scharfenberger, Gregory P. McGuckin, Harold J. Wirths, Herb Conaway Jr., James J. Kennedy, Jay Webber, Joe Danielsen, John Catalano, John DiMaio, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kevin J. Rooney, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michael Torrissi Jr., Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Nancy F. Muñoz, Pamela R. Lampitt, Parker Space, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Ralph R. Caputo, Reginald W. Atkins, Robert Auth, Robert D. Clifton, Robert J. Karabinchak, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Sean T. Kean, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Victoria A. Flynn, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William F. Moen Jr., William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Not voting Anthony S. Verrelli, Pedro Mejia
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 2
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 17
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 21
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 Jan 11 – Oct 27
- Jan 11Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Health
- Jun 2Health recommended it as amended
- Sent to Labor
- Oct 17Labor recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Oct 27Passed the General Assembly, 73 to 0
In the Senate Nov 3 – Dec 19
- Nov 3Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Nov 21Amended on the floor and read a second time
- Dec 19Passed the Senate, 36 to 0
Back in the General Assembly Jan 10, 2023 – Jan 26, 2023
- Jan 10, 2023Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Jan 26, 2023Passed the General Assembly, 78 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Mar 13, 2023
- Mar 13, 2023Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.24