republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-493.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	Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification.	Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 493	New Jersey S 493 (218)	bill	HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Eustace, Tim Gill, Nia H. Jasey, Mila M. Pinkin, Nancy J. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	9	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/30f3382f-bfbf-45b4-ae10-839aa714737b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	658d61c68fc14df4bcc89e1a2cb10ea51fec80fb4578174235b4c1c68ba35238	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 493 (218) — Defines information to be included on death certificates, including gender identification.

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

• AMEND — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 57–10 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 32–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — 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, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (29-0) (Vitale) amendment-passage
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (32-4) 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 out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1726 (1R)
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (57-10-3) passage
• 2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.59. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30f3382f-bfbf-45b4-ae10-839aa714737b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).