NJ-A2218-2026

New Jersey · A 2218 · 2026

Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive health care activity that is restricted in other states.

Bill key

NJ-A2218-2026

State

New Jersey

Session

2026

Introduced

January 2, 2026

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

Assemb. 2218, 222d Leg. (N.J. 2026), https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A2218.

Short citation

N.J. Assemb. 2218.

Topics

• Youth gender-affirming care
• Adult gender-affirming care

Tags

• Safe State Bill

Summary

Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care se…

Curator notes

For both GAC and abortion/reproductive care; part of an 8 bill "Reproductive Freedom and Health Equity Bill Package"; Carried over from 2024 S3491

Sponsors

4 primary sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Shanique Speight	Democratic	Representative	HD-029	Primary sponsor
Ellen Park	Democratic	Representative	HD-037	Primary sponsor
Annette Quijano	Democratic	Representative	HD-020	Primary sponsor
Luanne Peterpaul	Democratic	Representative	HD-011	Primary sponsor

39 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Michael Venezia	Democratic	Representative	HD-034	Co-sponsor
Mitchelle Drulis	Democratic	Representative	HD-016	Co-sponsor
Margie Donlon	Democratic	Representative	HD-011	Co-sponsor
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson	Democratic	Representative	HD-015	Co-sponsor
William Sampson	Democratic	Representative	HD-031	Co-sponsor
Roy Freiman	Democratic	Representative	HD-016	Co-sponsor
Wayne DeAngelo	Democratic	Representative	HD-014	Co-sponsor
Joe Danielsen	Democratic	Representative	HD-017	Co-sponsor
Anthony Verrelli	Democratic	Representative	HD-015	Co-sponsor
Tennille McCoy	Democratic	Representative	HD-014	Co-sponsor
Balvir Singh	Democratic	Representative	HD-007	Co-sponsor
Rosy Bagolie	Democratic	Representative	HD-027	Co-sponsor
Shama Haider	Democratic	Representative	HD-037	Co-sponsor
William Moen	Democratic	Representative	HD-005	Co-sponsor
Alixon Collazos-Gill	Democratic	Representative	HD-027	Co-sponsor
Lisa Swain	Democratic	Representative	HD-038	Co-sponsor
Cleopatra Tucker	Democratic	Representative	HD-028	Co-sponsor
Gabriel Rodriguez	Democratic	Representative	HD-033	Co-sponsor
William Spearman	Democratic	Representative	HD-005	Co-sponsor
Melinda Kane	Democratic	Representative	HD-006	Co-sponsor
Eliana Marin	Democratic	Representative	HD-029	Co-sponsor
Carmen Morales	Democratic	Representative	HD-034	Co-sponsor
Louis Greenwald	Democratic	Representative	HD-006	Co-sponsor
Clinton Calabrese	Democratic	Representative	HD-036	Co-sponsor
Sterley Stanley	Democratic	Representative	HD-018	Co-sponsor
Carol Murphy	Democratic	Representative	HD-007	Co-sponsor
David Bailey	Democratic	Representative	HD-003	Co-sponsor
Heather Simmons	Democratic	Representative	HD-003	Co-sponsor
James Kennedy	Democratic	Representative	HD-022	Co-sponsor
Ravi Bhalla	Democratic	Representative	HD-032	Co-sponsor
Katie Brennan	Democratic	Representative	HD-032	Co-sponsor
Christopher Tully	Democratic	Representative	HD-038	Co-sponsor
Vincent Kearney	Democratic	Representative	HD-021	Co-sponsor
Robert Karabinchak	Democratic	Representative	HD-018	Co-sponsor
Yvonne Lopez	Democratic	Representative	HD-019	Co-sponsor
Jerry Walker	Democratic	Representative	HD-031	Co-sponsor
Andrea Katz	Democratic	Representative	HD-008	Co-sponsor
Larry Wainstein	Democratic	Representative	HD-033	Co-sponsor
Linda Carter	Democratic	Representative	HD-022	Co-sponsor

Status changes

• October 13, 2026: introduced → introduced

From the tracker's nightly log of status changes, which begins on 29 September 2026.

Bill text

• As introduced (56,555 characters)

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