---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification."
description: "Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 493"
citation: "New Jersey S 493 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Gill, Nia H.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30f3382f-bfbf-45b4-ae10-839aa714737b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "658d61c68fc14df4bcc89e1a2cb10ea51fec80fb4578174235b4c1c68ba35238"
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 493 (218) — Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification.

## 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/S0500/493_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/493_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- AMEND — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **57–10** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — 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`
- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (29-0) (Vitale) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-4) `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 A1726 (1R)
- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (57-10-3) `passage`
- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.59. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30f3382f-bfbf-45b4-ae10-839aa714737b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).