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S2551 • 2026

Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.

Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
O'Scanlon, Declan J., Jr.
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.

Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Senate (38-0)

  2. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

  3. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S2551 TR

SENATE, No. 2551

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.

District 13 (Monmouth)

Senator JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Turner, Schepisi, Holzapfel, Johnson, Tiver,
Amato, Diegnan, Greenstein and McKeon

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute
epinephrine to officers; requires training.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Law and Public Safety
Committee with technical review.

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An Act
concerning
the administration of epinephrine, designated as �Anthony Maruca�s Law,� and
supplementing Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� a.
A law enforcement officer employed by a police department or force that makes
available to the officer an epinephrine auto-injector device in accordance with
section 2 of P.L.��� , c.���
(C. ) (pending before
the Legislature as this bill) shall successfully complete an approved
educational program pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2015, c.215 (C.24:6L-5) to
administer an epinephrine auto-injector device for the emergency administration
of epinephrine.

����� b.�� A
law enforcement officer shall provide the officer�s employing entity with a
copy of a certificate of completion of an approved educational program,
pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2015, c.215 (C.24:6L-4).

����� c.�� As
used in this act �law enforcement officer� means any person who is employed as
a permanent full-time member of an enforcement agency, who is statutorily
empowered to act for the detection, investigation, arrest, and conviction of
persons violating the criminal laws of this State and statutorily required to
successfully complete a training course approved, or certified as being
substantially equivalent to a course approved, by the Police Training
Commission pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.).

����� 2.�� a.�
A police department or force employing law enforcement officers may obtain,
maintain, and make available to law enforcement officers employed by the
department or force epinephrine auto-injector devices which may be used by the
law enforcement officers while in the performance of official duties.

���� b.��� A
police department or force that makes available to its officers epinephrine
auto-injector devices pursuant to subsection a. of this

section may
maintain the devices in its vehicles or medical supply kits, consistent with
any standards, protocols, or guidelines established by the Commissioner of
Health pursuant to regulation.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the sixth month next following the date of
enactment. v