Became P.L.2023, c.224, on January 8, 2024.
2022–2023 Session
Senate Bill 3957
Expands exemptions from drug paraphernalia laws to also exempt certain harm reduction supplies.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jun 8
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Dec 21
Sadaf F. Jaffer, Shanique Speight
Chief co-sponsors from Dec 21
1 co-sponsor
Its course
June 8, 2023 to January 8, 2024, 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 action8 actions on 5 days
In the SenateJun 8 to Dec 21196 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensJun 8 to Jun 157 days
In the General AssemblyDec 21 to Dec 210 days
With the GovernorDec 21 to Jan 818 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading26–6
Passed · Dec 21
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Bob Smith, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nellie Pou, Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Richard J. Codey, Robert W. Singer, Samuel D. Thompson, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Nay Christopher J. Connors, Douglas J. Steinhardt, Edward Durr, Joseph Pennacchio, Michael L. Testa Jr., Steven V. Oroho
Not voting Anthony M. Bucco, Brian P. Stack, James W. Holzapfel, Jean Stanfield, Jon M. Bramnick, Kristin M. Corrado, Nia H. Gill Esq., Sandra B. Cunningham
General Assembly, third reading43–25
Passed · Dec 21
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Benjie E. Wimberly, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Gary S. Schaer, Herb Conaway Jr., Jacqueline S. Yustein, James J. Kennedy, Joe Danielsen, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Mila M. Jasey, Pamela R. Lampitt, Paul D. Moriarty, Pedro Mejia, Raj Mukherji, Reginald W. Atkins, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Nay Alex Sauickie, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Brian Bergen, Brian E. Rumpf, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, DiAnne C. Gove, Donald A. Guardian, Edward H. Thomson, Erik K. Simonsen, Erik Peterson, Gerry Scharfenberger, Harold J. Wirths, Jay Webber, John Catalano, Kim Eulner, Marilyn Piperno, Michele Matsikoudis, Nancy F. Muñoz, Parker Space, Robert Auth, Robert D. Clifton, Sean T. Kean
Not voting Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brandon E. Umba, Claire S. Swift, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gregory P. McGuckin, John DiMaio, Kevin J. Rooney, Michael Torrissi Jr., Robert J. Karabinchak, Victoria A. Flynn, William F. Moen Jr.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 15
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 Senate Jun 8 – Dec 21
- Jun 8Introduced in the Senate and sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- Jun 15Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 11Amended on the floor and read a second time
- Dec 21Passed the Senate, 26 to 6
In the General Assembly Dec 21
- Dec 21Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 43 to 25, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 8, 2024
- Jan 8, 2024Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.224