---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises Newborn Screening program in DOH."
description: "Revises Newborn Screening program in DOH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 484"
citation: "New Jersey S 484 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gill, Nia H.", "McKeon, John F.", "Speight, Shanique", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4104f9-540b-49ba-829a-116066db606e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bb07dea1b4908c9a3a488c4e2e2dc814eef7ef2c2ea29712bdd027447d9b6873"
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 484 (218) — Revises Newborn Screening program in DOH.

## 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/S0500/484_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/484_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (36-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2705 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.296. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4104f9-540b-49ba-829a-116066db606e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).