---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force."
description: "Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 705"
citation: "New Jersey S 705 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b77b01-8c44-4e80-9429-fe1a20bd6bcc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e146aeb31f8a1878b87e0abe8292102f3a2e9da75d4fc31df2c03687d46df107"
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 705 (218) — Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force.

## 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/S1000/705_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — 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`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1727
- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-6-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b77b01-8c44-4e80-9429-fe1a20bd6bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).