---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers."
description: "Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2294"
citation: "New Jersey A 2294 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255404aa-0818-472a-8bfe-7f39a75d2bcf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1d2fa3aabfc2ac61f71bd9d97d674c9a904d94df279b53e41c490879e4ab125b"
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 2294 (217) — Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.

## 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/2016/Bills/A2500/2294_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2709
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.263. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/255404aa-0818-472a-8bfe-7f39a75d2bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).