A1619 • 2026

Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Kean, Sean T.
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.

What This Bill Does

Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.
Topic: Children, Families and Food Security Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.
Topic:
Children, Families and Food Security
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1619

ASSEMBLY, No. 1619

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Inganamort

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer
parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning
for infants and young children.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning drowning and supplementing Title 26 of the
Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Every hospital that
provides inpatient maternity services and every birthing center licensed in the
State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall offer a parent or
guardian of a newborn child the opportunity to view a video, approved by the
Commissioner of Health, on the dangers of drowning for infants and young
children.� The Department of Health shall publish a list of approved drowning videos
with links thereto on the department�s Internet website.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect 120 days following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires birthing
centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children the opportunity to
view a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children.

���� Under the bill, every hospital
that provides inpatient maternity services and every birthing center licensed
in the State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) is to offer a
parent or guardian of a newborn child the opportunity to view a video, approved
by the Commissioner of Health, on the dangers of drowning for infants and young
children.� The Department of Health is to publish a list of approved drowning videos
with links thereto on the department�s Internet website.