republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-478.md

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Bill	"Babs Siperstein Law"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**	"Babs Siperstein Law"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 478	New Jersey S 478 (218)	bill	HEALTH HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Gusciora, Reed Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F. Weinberg, Loretta Zwicker, Andrew	2	13	7	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/70e610c5-0c68-464e-9c61-cf18292bed4f	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	30336045e10420b519b11a54cacd2335bcb6fb0d57a118f7ad3b6dd08692a03d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 478 (218) — "Babs Siperstein Law"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**

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 — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 57–11 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 30–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (30-7) passage
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1718 (2R)
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (57-11-3) passage
• 2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-2) passage
• 2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.58. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70e610c5-0c68-464e-9c61-cf18292bed4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).