---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority to establish public awareness campaign on benefits of doula and midwife services.*"
description: "Requires New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority to establish public awareness campaign on benefits of doula and midwife services.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3091"
citation: "New Jersey S 3091 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Morales, Carmen Theresa", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d315340-1c1f-42c3-8e15-1fc5d78ef04c"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "040122f5b5c62ad4db7358d1530b673a224383ad19e5add083c7433151a72bd8"
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 3091 (221) — Requires New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority to establish public awareness campaign on benefits of doula and midwife services.*

## 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/S3500/3091_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 6/9/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3091_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 12/18/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3091_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4222/4944 (ACS/1R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-2-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.191. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d315340-1c1f-42c3-8e15-1fc5d78ef04c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).