---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Health Insurance Premium Security Act;\" establishes health insurance reinsurance plan."
description: "\"New Jersey Health Insurance Premium Security Act;\" establishes health insurance reinsurance plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1878"
citation: "New Jersey S 1878 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKeon, John F.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singleton, Troy", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cd633e-38ab-45f6-a7f2-d429285d6f88"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "713b9d60f43b2f26ca5936442dd8954919786f1d7e6bf7e40ef0a0173f0e9ea7"
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 1878 (218) — "New Jersey Health Insurance Premium Security Act;" establishes health insurance reinsurance plan.

## 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/S2000/1878_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1878_R1.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1878_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **46–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce 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`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-13) `passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3379 (ACS)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-22-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.24. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61cd633e-38ab-45f6-a7f2-d429285d6f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).