republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1066.md

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Bill	Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.	Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1066	New Jersey S 1066 (217)	bill	HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Beck, Jennifer Kean, Sean T. Mukherji, Raj Pinkin, Nancy J. Rible, David P. Schaer, Gary S. Singer, Robert W. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	2	8	4	2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4533d008-266d-49c1-91c2-bba8dbcdb86c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4671734fcaff3340e184a66fd8bbf97ece5b1551187806f3bb704968d32cc05f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1066 (217) — Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beck, Jennifer — primary (person)
• Kean, Sean T. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Rible, David P. — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3649 (1R)
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.4. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4533d008-266d-49c1-91c2-bba8dbcdb86c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).