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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*"
+description: "Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "S 1439"
+citation: "New Jersey S 1439 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "McClellan, Antwan L.", "Miller, Cody D.", "Sampson, William B.", "Singleton, Troy"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b031419a-3dbe-43e6-8e2d-ed8df5f3798e"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "6f358bf3c028b1f1a6fe6e3fbe0aa08279d130543c93dac5e308245650fcd5fa"
+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 1439 (221) — Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1439_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint SCM 5/13/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1439_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
+- McClellan, Antwan L. — primary (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
+- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3856 (2R)
+- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-2) `passage`
+- **2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.89. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b031419a-3dbe-43e6-8e2d-ed8df5f3798e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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