Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
General Assembly Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Nov 2021
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Nov 8, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Aug 27, 2020 · General Assembly May 20, 2021
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Aug 27, 2020
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican14
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Nov 8, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.260.
executive
Jun 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
May 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Sep 14, 2020
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
Aug 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-0)
upper
Aug 25, 2020
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Aug 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
4 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
P
John McKeon
DDemocratic
P
RJ
Richard J. Codey
DDemocratic
P
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Swain
DDemocratic
Co
MM
Mila M. Jasey
DDemocratic
Co
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Diegnan
DDemocratic
Co
PM
Pedro Mejia
DDemocratic
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