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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for breastfeeding support.*"
description: "Requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for breastfeeding support.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 5509"
citation: "New Jersey A 5509 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07075957-27cb-48d6-8145-8391a4b771cc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b710a988e8515592cd9bd70e8a3ad5f017c535c72cde7ec5d4a65039309cbf51"
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 5509 (218) — Requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for breastfeeding support.*
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5509_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5509_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5509_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **400** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **710** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **701** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-1-2) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3805 (SS/1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-1) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.343. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07075957-27cb-48d6-8145-8391a4b771cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).