26:2H-12.4

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST

Compiled by the NJ State Law Library

LAWS OF: 2007 CHAPTER: 247

NJSA: 26:2H-12.4 (Requires hospitals and health care professionals to advise women of option to donate or

store umbilical cord blood and placental tissue)

BILL NO: A312 (Substituted for S2736)

SPONSOR(S) Cohen and others

DATE INTRODUCED: January 10, 2006

COMMITTEE: ASSEMBLY: Health and Senior Services

SENATE: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens

AMENDED DURING PASSAGE: Yes

DATE OF PASSAGE: ASSEMBLY: December 13, 2007

SENATE: December 10, 2007

DATE OF APPROVAL: January 4, 2008

FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:

FINAL TEXT OF BILL Assembly Committee Substitute (1R) enacted

A312/A2591

SPONSOR’S STATEMENT (A312): (Begins on page 2 of original bill) Yes

SPONSOR’S STATEMENT (A2591): (Begins on page 4 of original bill) Yes

COMMITTEE STATEMENT: ASSEMBLY: Yes

SENATE: Yes

(Audio archived recordings of the committee meetings, corresponding to the date of the committee statement, may possibly be found at www.njleg.state.nj.us)

FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENT: No

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No

S2736

SPONSOR’S STATEMENT: (Begins on page 3 of original bill) Yes

COMMITTEE STATEMENT: ASSEMBLY: No

SENATE: Yes

FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENT: No

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No

VETO MESSAGE: No

GOVERNOR’S PRESS RELEASE ON SIGNING: No

FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:

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REPORTS: No

HEARINGS: No

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: No

RWH 5/29/08