republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-976.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	"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH.	"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 976	New Jersey S 976 (218)	bill	HEALTH PROF STATE OFFICE	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Lagana, Joseph A. Mukherji, Raj Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	3	16	9	2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00	2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/15494ac0-d969-41c2-b1ff-50d23806dd15	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	53f8f0db4e53282713eedfa85e1758848fdf063ae3bb3ce90006070238e1d5ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 976 (218) — "Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DOH.

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
3. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1709 (1R)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) passage
• 2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.62. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15494ac0-d969-41c2-b1ff-50d23806dd15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).