---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances."
description: "Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4848"
citation: "New Jersey A 4848 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Beach, James", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb35a384-5af9-4ba8-bc5b-80ada96fc95b"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "77290a795fc5c94378343a7a219b37aa8931e1b64d32f847a58059f032ac1de2"
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 4848 (221) — Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4848_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AFI 12/9/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4848_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SHH 3/3/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4848_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3616 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.193. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb35a384-5af9-4ba8-bc5b-80ada96fc95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).