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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers."
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description: "Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "217"
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identifier: "A 2294"
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citation: "New Jersey A 2294 (217)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "WOMEN"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255404aa-0818-472a-8bfe-7f39a75d2bcf"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "1d2fa3aabfc2ac61f71bd9d97d674c9a904d94df279b53e41c490879e4ab125b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# New Jersey A 2294 (217) — Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2294_I1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
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- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
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- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
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- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
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- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
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- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
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- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-0) `passage`
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- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
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- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2709
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- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
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- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.263. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/255404aa-0818-472a-8bfe-7f39a75d2bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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