---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services."
description: "Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 312"
citation: "New Jersey A 312 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Danielsen, Joe", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd3c53b5-e9c5-4df4-a546-cd98bf2be1bc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bcb4c1550f36dec2a42599b830fe5502221503af4921557638ccf7c9a314e54a"
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 312 (218) — Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.

## 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/A0500/312_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A0500/312_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Milam, Matthew W. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2682 (2R)
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.227. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd3c53b5-e9c5-4df4-a546-cd98bf2be1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).