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A2731 • 2026

Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.

Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.

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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
Katz, Andrea
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.

Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.

What This Bill Does

  • Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
  • Topic: 2nd Reading in the Assembly Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
Topic:
2nd Reading in the Assembly
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2731 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 2731

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ

District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblywoman HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Drulis, Donlon, Peterpaul, Assemblyman
Karabinchak, Assemblywomen Bagolie, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Sampson,
Miller, Assemblywomen Collazos-Gill, Speight, Swain, Assemblyman Tully,
Assemblywomen Park and Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Community Development and
Women's Affairs Committee with technical review.

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An Act
concerning assisted reproductive technology and
amending P.L.2021, c.375.

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2021,
c.375 (C.10:7-2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� a.� Every individual
present in the State, including, but not limited to, an individual who is under
State control or supervision, shall have the fundamental right to: choose or
refuse contraception or sterilization;
[
and
]
choose
whether to carry a pregnancy, to give birth, or to terminate a pregnancy
;
and choose whether to use assisted reproductive technology, including, but not
limited to in vitro fertilization
.�

���� The New Jersey Constitution
recognizes the fundamental nature of the right to reproductive choice,
including the right to access contraception, to terminate a pregnancy, and to
carry a pregnancy to term, shall not be abridged by any law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, or order issued by any State, county, or local governmental
authority.� Any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, or order, in effect on or
adopted after the effective date of this act, that is determined to have the
effect of limiting the constitutional right to freedom of reproductive choice
and that does not conform with the provisions and the express or implied
purposes of this act, shall be deemed invalid and shall have no force or
effect.

���� b.��� The provisions of this
section shall be enforceable under the "New Jersey Civil Rights Act,"
P.L.2004, c.143 (C.10:6-1 et seq.) or in any other manner provided by law.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.375, s.2)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.