S 712 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.

S 712 requires New Jersey's Department of State to create a public "Reproductive Health Travel Advisory" to help residents traveling while pregnant make informed decisions. The advisory will categorize all U.S. states using a color-coded system: "Blue" (full access without legal risk), "Yellow" (restricted access with potential legal consequences), and "Red" (extreme restrictions risking denial of emergency care). It will detail each state's laws on abortion bans, waiting periods, insurance coverage, and legal protections for patients and providers. The advisory must be posted on the state website and updated whenever another state changes its reproductive healthcare laws. This directly affects New Jersey residents who may need to travel during pregnancy for medical emergencies.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

General Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Reprint · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended after committee report to shift responsibility for establishing and publishing the Reproductive Health Travel Advisory from the Department of State to the Office of Information Technology, and to expand the publication requirement so the advisory must appear on the official websites of every relevant state executive department rather than just one agency's site. Terminology was also standardized throughout (changing 'healthcare' to 'health care' and 'medical' to 'health' in the tiered system descriptions).

SCOPE

The agency responsible for establishing and maintaining the travel advisory changed from the Department of State to the Office of Information Technology.

REQUIREMENT

The publication requirement was expanded: instead of publishing on a single agency's website, the advisory must now be published on the official website of every relevant state executive department.

DEFINITION

Terminology was standardized throughout: 'healthcare' was changed to 'health care' (two words) and 'medical' was replaced with 'health' in the tiered color system descriptions (e.g., 'reproductive medical care' became 'reproductive health care').

TECHNICAL

The Statement section (a narrative summary of the bill's purpose) was removed, which is standard when a bill moves from introduction to committee report.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by the Senate (23-14)

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

upper

2 primary · 5 co-sponsors