---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation."
description: "Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4230"
citation: "New Jersey A 4230 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Conaway, Herb", "Mukherji, Raj", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170b0deb-0a32-4352-88a3-0ff6731b89dd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1eb2998c89eba36cd6e36e0943ee47af0dcb5f09d0022771ff37c6e48953a3ac"
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 4230 (217) — Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation.

## 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/A4500/4230_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3141
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.220. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/170b0deb-0a32-4352-88a3-0ff6731b89dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).