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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.*"
description: "Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4568"
citation: "New Jersey A 4568 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "CORRECTIONS", "HEALTH INSUR", "MEDICAID", "PUB EMP BENE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b2b9fe7-b24c-4342-9ee6-18e41e60e02b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cb548a1f563a9cba02c405d8a2053d10c015218fcc10781795a78d637380ce2c"
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 A 4568 (217) — Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.*
## 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/2016/Bills/A5000/4568_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4568_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **40** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **60** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (62-6-7) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3017 (1R)
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (31-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-3-5) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.176. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b2b9fe7-b24c-4342-9ee6-18e41e60e02b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).