republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-3159.md

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Bill	Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances.	Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 3159	New Jersey S 3159 (218)	bill	FOOD HEALTH HEALTH INSUR MEDICAID WOMEN	enacted	Greenstein, Linda R. Mukherji, Raj Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Weinberg, Loretta	2	11	6	2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00	2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2506c4fa-5082-4750-b388-bf8c9f9944eb	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	baa1e669210871f62d9afc9bc3aa945e064ca44321a4b2aafde40cf7ab94174d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3159 (218) — Requires Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donated human breast milk under certain circumstances.

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 — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4747 (1R)
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.317. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2506c4fa-5082-4750-b388-bf8c9f9944eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).