---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth."
description: "Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3942"
citation: "New Jersey A 3942 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Stack, Brian P.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b9fada-59ed-4a3e-93ea-4996f895de36"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "94425b050a62af093b7e7eb38e09f59ffdd88939f0ecb4ad1c2e79d832348fab"
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 3942 (219) — Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3942_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3942_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2394
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.32. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b9fada-59ed-4a3e-93ea-4996f895de36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).