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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth."
+description: "Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 3942"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3942 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "WOMEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Stack, Brian P.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b9fada-59ed-4a3e-93ea-4996f895de36"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "94425b050a62af093b7e7eb38e09f59ffdd88939f0ecb4ad1c2e79d832348fab"
+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 A 3942 (219) — Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3942_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3942_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (80-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2394
+- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
+- **2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.32. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b9fada-59ed-4a3e-93ea-4996f895de36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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