---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board to study racial and ethnic disparities that contribute to infant mortality."
description: "Requires Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board to study racial and ethnic disparities that contribute to infant mortality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1870"
citation: "New Jersey S 1870 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f85727a-6c0c-4a24-9757-9c6f1fcf5694"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "86b84618e4a7e726eeb2c4cab0fe8a0cc9d0e10181ead45f8dc24aac11fadf20"
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 1870 (218) — Requires Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board to study racial and ethnic disparities that contribute to infant mortality.

## 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/S2000/1870_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1870_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — 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 Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (24-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3653
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.22. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f85727a-6c0c-4a24-9757-9c6f1fcf5694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).