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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*"
description: "Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 703"
citation: "New Jersey S 703 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276741d9-5504-42a9-a543-a1a8001b29e9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8e4721a82ebfc9c55feb151cd5d7e93a46050fb8fe0e47e2da70815b9f773af8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey S 703 (219) — Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/703_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/703_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **73** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **5320** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **70** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **74** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **260** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **297** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-7) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1079 (2R)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-20-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (26-1) `passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.79. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276741d9-5504-42a9-a543-a1a8001b29e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).