---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Committee to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.*"
description: "Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Committee to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 1862"
citation: "New Jersey A 1862 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da214a59-df40-4b2c-ad7b-4cbae363c0f3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6fc4106ecfce3b6891f5e4aed4006706468e12ea5c03001d5a2d28429e8ba925"
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 1862 (218) — Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Committee to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.*

## 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/A2000/1862_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2000/1862_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — 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 Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S495 (2R)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (34-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (35-0) (Vitale)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-1) `passage`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.75. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da214a59-df40-4b2c-ad7b-4cbae363c0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).