republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1109.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	Renames "Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act" as "Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act"; permits physician assistants to sign and modify POLST forms; requires continuing education concerning end-of-life care.*	Renames "Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act" as "Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act"; permits physician assistants to sign and modify POLST forms; requires continuing education concerning end-of-life care.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1109	New Jersey S 1109 (218)	bill	HEALTH PROF	enacted	Munoz, Nancy F. Quijano, Annette Ruiz, M. Teresa	2	8	4	2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00	2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/605c72ff-0267-481c-bd8c-7adb6c94a045	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	20b2091c8af7018b71dc24b55c6e7961036bae5089c76436a29b8b0dd5d72216	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1109 (218) — Renames "Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act" as "Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act"; permits physician assistants to sign and modify POLST forms; requires continuing education concerning end-of-life care.*

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 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2144 (1R)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.218. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/605c72ff-0267-481c-bd8c-7adb6c94a045. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).