Became P.L.2025, c.89, on July 8, 2025.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 1439
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 9
6 co-sponsors
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Renee C. Burgess, M. Teresa Ruiz, Angela V. McKnight, Nellie Pou
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from May 22, 2025
Antwan L. McClellan, Cody D. Miller
Chief co-sponsors from May 22, 2025
Its course
January 9, 2024 to July 8, 2025, 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 action11 actions on 8 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Jun 28171 days
CommerceJan 9 to May 13125 days
Budget and AppropriationsMay 13 to Jun 2442 days
In the General AssemblyJun 28 to May 22328 days
Financial Institutions and InsuranceJun 28 to Dec 9164 days
AppropriationsDec 9 to Mar 20101 days
With the GovernorMay 22 to Jul 847 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Commerce5–0
Do pass as amended · May 13
Who voted how
Yea Gordon M. Johnson, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph P. Cryan, Nellie Pou, Robert W. Singer
Do pass · Jun 24
Senate, third reading40–0
Passed · Jun 28
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
General Assembly, third reading75–0
Passed · May 22, 2025 · 2 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 13
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 Senate Jan 9 – Jun 28
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Commerce
- May 13Commerce recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jun 24Budget and Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jun 28Passed the Senate, 40 to 0
In the General Assembly Jun 28 – May 22, 2025
- Jun 28Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Dec 9Financial Institutions and Insurance recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Mar 20, 2025Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- May 22, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 75 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jul 8, 2025
- Jul 8, 2025Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.89