Became P.L.2025, c.272, on January 14, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 2373
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
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 Jan 25
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 29
5 co-sponsors
Carmen F. Amato Jr., Vin Gopal, Owen Henry, Britnee N. Timberlake, Angela V. McKnight
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Sterley S. Stanley, Joe Danielsen
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 12, 2026
30 co-sponsors
Brian Bergen, Carol A. Murphy, Ellen J. Park, Roy Freiman, William B. Sampson IV, Annette Quijano, Shanique Speight, Lisa Swain, Yvonne Lopez, Reginald W. Atkins, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Alex Sauickie, Dawn Fantasia, Gabriel Rodriguez, Victoria A. Flynn, Michael Inganamort, Erik Peterson, Mitchelle Drulis, Anthony S. Verrelli, Robert J. Karabinchak, Rosaura Bagolie, Al Barlas, John V. Azzariti Jr. M.D., Michele Matsikoudis, Claire S. Swift, Carmen Theresa Morales, Shama A. Haider, Gerry Scharfenberger, Cody D. Miller, Michael Venezia
Its course
January 29, 2024 to January 14, 2026, 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 action12 actions on 8 days
In the SenateJan 29 to Jun 30518 days
Law and Public SafetyJan 29 to May 29486 days
Budget and AppropriationsMay 29 to Jun 2628 days
In the General AssemblyJun 30 to Jan 12196 days
AppropriationsJul 24 to Jan 8168 days
Back in the SenateJan 12 to Jan 120 days
With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 142 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Do pass as amended · May 29, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Linda R. Greenstein, Owen Henry, Paul D. Moriarty
Do pass as amended · Jun 26, 2025
Senate, third reading39–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2025
General Assembly, third reading75–0
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Senate, third reading39–0
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 29, 2025
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 26, 2025
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 8, 2026
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 Jan 29 – Jun 30, 2025
- Jan 29Introduced in the Senate and sent to Law and Public Safety
- May 29, 2025Law and Public Safety recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jun 26, 2025Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30, 2025Passed the Senate, 39 to 0
In the General Assembly Jul 24, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jul 24, 2025Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Appropriations
- Jan 8, 2026Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the General Assembly, 75 to 0
Back in the Senate Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes
- Passed the Senate, 39 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 14, 2026
- Jan 14, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.272
All 12 actions, as published
- Jan 29INT 1RS REF SLPSenate
- May 29, 2025REP/SCA 2RSSenate
- May 29, 2025REF SBASenate
- Jun 26, 2025REP/SCA 2RSSenate
- Jun 30, 2025PSSenate
- Jul 24, 2025R/A REF AAPGeneral Assembly
- Jan 8, 2026REP/ACA 2RAGeneral Assembly
- Jan 12, 2026SUB FORGeneral Assembly
- Jan 12, 2026PAGeneral Assembly
- Jan 12, 2026R/S 2RSCSenate
- Jan 12, 2026PS PBHSenate
- Jan 14, 2026APPGovernor