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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances."
+description: "Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 3159"
+citation: "New Jersey S 3159 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FOOD", "HEALTH", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID", "WOMEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2506c4fa-5082-4750-b388-bf8c9f9944eb"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "baa1e669210871f62d9afc9bc3aa945e064ca44321a4b2aafde40cf7ab94174d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 3159 (218) — Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3159_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3159_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4747 (1R)
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.317. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2506c4fa-5082-4750-b388-bf8c9f9944eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+