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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Babs Siperstein Law\"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**"
+description: "\"Babs Siperstein Law\"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 478"
+citation: "New Jersey S 478 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH", "HUMAN SVCS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Gusciora, Reed", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70e610c5-0c68-464e-9c61-cf18292bed4f"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "30336045e10420b519b11a54cacd2335bcb6fb0d57a118f7ad3b6dd08692a03d"
+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 478 (218) — "Babs Siperstein Law"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**
+
+## 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/S0500/478_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/478_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–7** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **57–11** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **30–2** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-7) `passage`
+- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1718 (2R)
+- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (57-11-3) `passage`
+- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-2) `passage`
+- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.58. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70e610c5-0c68-464e-9c61-cf18292bed4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+