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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Revised State Medical Examiner Act\"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH."
+description: "\"Revised State Medical Examiner Act\"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 976"
+citation: "New Jersey S 976 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "STATE OFFICE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15494ac0-d969-41c2-b1ff-50d23806dd15"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "53f8f0db4e53282713eedfa85e1758848fdf063ae3bb3ce90006070238e1d5ab"
+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 976 (218) — "Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH.
+
+## 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/S1000/976_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/976_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/976_R3.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1709 (1R)
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.62. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15494ac0-d969-41c2-b1ff-50d23806dd15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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