Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on March 17, 2008. The 2008–2009 session has ended.
2008–2009 Session
Assembly Bill 378
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warning."
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 8
Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Michael J. Doherty
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 8
7 co-sponsors
Linda Stender, Marcia A. Karrow, Elease Evans, Joseph Vas, Joseph V. Egan, Linda R. Greenstein, John DiMaio
Its course
January 8 to March 17, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the General AssemblyJan 8 to Mar 1365 days
Consumer AffairsJan 8 to Mar 355 days
In the SenateMar 13 to Mar 17 · stopped4 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensMar 17 to Mar 17 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading72–3
Passed · Mar 13 · 2 present
Who voted how
Yea Albert Coutinho, Alex DeCroce, Alison Littell McHose, Amy H. Handlin, Anthony Chiappone, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Brian E. Rumpf, Caridad Rodriguez, Charlotte Vandervalk, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Connie Wagner, Daniel M. Van Pelt, David C. Russo, David P. Rible, David W. Wolfe, Dawn Marie Addiego, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Denise M. Coyle, Douglas H. Fisher, Elease Evans, Frederick Scalera, Gary R. Chiusano, Gary S. Schaer, James W. Holzapfel, Jay Webber, Jerry Green, Joan M. Quigley, Joan M. Voss, John E. Rooney, John F. Amodeo, John F. McKeon, John S. Wisniewski, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph R. Malone III, Joseph V. Egan, Joseph Vas, L. Grace Spencer, L. Harvey Smith, Linda R. Greenstein, Linda Stender, Louis D. Greenwald, Marcia A. Karrow, Mary Pat Angelini, Matthew W. Milam, Michael J. Doherty, Michael Patrick Carroll, Mila M. Jasey, Neil M. Cohen, Nellie Pou, Nelson T. Albano, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Pamela R. Lampitt, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Peter J. Barnes III, Peter J. Biondi, Ralph R. Caputo, Reed Gusciora, Richard A. Merkt, Ronald S. Dancer, Ruben J. Ramos Jr., Sandra Love, Scott Rudder, Scott T. Rumana, Sheila Y. Oliver, Thomas P. Giblin, Upendra J. Chivukula, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Vincent J. Polistina, Vincent Prieto, Wayne P. DeAngelo
Nay Eric Munoz, Herb Conaway Jr., Jack Conners
Not voting Caroline Casagrande, Gordon M. Johnson, John J. Burzichelli, Paul D. Moriarty, Samuel D. Thompson
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 3
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 8 – Mar 13
- Jan 8Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Consumer Affairs
- Mar 3Consumer Affairs recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Mar 13Passed the General Assembly, 72 to 3
In the Senate Mar 17
- Mar 17Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens