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S 1109 New Jersey Senate · 2018-2019 Regular Session

Renames "Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act" as "Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act"; permits physician assistants to sign and modify POLST forms; requires continuing education concerning end-of-life care.*

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Jan 25, 2018 Signed Aug 9, 2019
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 20, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Aug 9, 2019
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2019, c.218.
executive
Jun 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0)
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 7, 2018
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee
lower
Apr 12, 2018
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-0)
upper
Mar 12, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 25, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.