---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises standard for presence of medical examiner during removal of anatomical gift from decedent."
description: "Revises standard for presence of medical examiner during removal of anatomical gift from decedent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2922"
citation: "New Jersey S 2922 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMaso, Serena", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c640afc-124f-414b-807e-121e4979c00c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4ca365f9a8b82ef93e5f3024baaca6e393b59f1cc628b586bf9019cbcc2a0071"
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 2922 (218) — Revises standard for presence of medical examiner during removal of anatomical gift from decedent.

## 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/S3000/2922_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMaso, Serena — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4504
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.49. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c640afc-124f-414b-807e-121e4979c00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).