republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-2297.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*	Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 2297	New Jersey A 2297 (217)	bill	HEALTH INSUR PHARMACEUTIC	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Caride, Marlene Downey, Joann Mukherji, Raj Spencer, L. Grace Sumter, Shavonda E. Turner, Shirley K. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Wimberly, Benjie E. Zwicker, Andrew	2	15	3	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2017-12-15T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/95971741-5f3c-4792-a376-ebdda79a003b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	7c022c8d7a17661bfd4b4f96d4ed3e83f5325da51fc9a2216a12c0087b089b93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2297 (217) — Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–3 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 50–22 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reviewed by the Pension and Health Benefits Commission Recommend to not enact
• 2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (50-22-4) passage
• 2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S659
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-8) passage
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly executive-veto
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (60-2-6) passage
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-2) passage
• 2017-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.241. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95971741-5f3c-4792-a376-ebdda79a003b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).