Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Sep 2020
General Assembly Passage
Sep 2020
Signed into Law
Sep 2020
Introduced May 7, 2020
Signed Sep 30, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2020 · General Assembly Jun 29, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
May 14, 2020
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Sep 30, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, c.101.
executive
Sep 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0)
lower
Sep 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-0)
upper
Aug 13, 2020
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate
upper
Jun 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0)
lower
Jun 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 25, 2020
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
May 28, 2020
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-0)
upper
May 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 7, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
5 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
EH
Eric Houghtaling
DDemocratic
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
Vin Gopal
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Singer
RRepublican
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
CA
Chris A. Brown
RRepublican
Co
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
Co
DM
Dawn Marie Addiego
DDemocratic
Co
GC
Gerald Cardinale
RRepublican
Co
Jim Holzapfel
RRepublican
Co
John McKeon
DDemocratic
Co
KJ
Kevin J. Rooney
RRepublican
Co
Lisa Swain
DDemocratic
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