Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
General Assembly Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
May 2020
Introduced Apr 13, 2020
Signed May 15, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2020 · General Assembly May 14, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
May 14, 2020
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
2
May 15, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, c.32.
executive
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
upper
May 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (80-0-0)
lower
May 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
May 1, 2020
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Apr 13, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
5 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
P
Eliana Pintor Marin
DDemocratic
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Spearman
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
CA
Chris A. Brown
RRepublican
Co
Cleopatra Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
Co
DM
Dawn Marie Addiego
DDemocratic
Co
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
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