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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force."
+description: "Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 705"
+citation: "New Jersey S 705 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "MINORITY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b77b01-8c44-4e80-9429-fe1a20bd6bcc"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "e146aeb31f8a1878b87e0abe8292102f3a2e9da75d4fc31df2c03687d46df107"
+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 705 (218) — Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force.
+
+## 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/S1000/705_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — 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`
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `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 out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1727
+- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-6-0) `passage`
+- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.60. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b77b01-8c44-4e80-9429-fe1a20bd6bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+