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A4336 • 2026

Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.

Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.

Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.
  • Topic: Community Development and Women's Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

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

Official Summary Text

Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be distributed under certain circumstances.
Topic:
Community Development and Women's Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4336

ASSEMBLY, No. 4336

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires menopause informational pamphlet to be
distributed under certain circumstances.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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

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

���� 1.��� a. Commencing 180 days
following the effective date of this act, a licensed health care professional
who performs an annual physical examination on a female patient who is between
the ages of 35 and 39 shall provide the female patient a pamphlet containing
information on premature menopause, early menopause, and primary ovarian
insufficiency, as prepared and published by the Department of Health pursuant
to subsection b. of this section, during the visit.�

���� b. Within 90 days following
the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall prepare and
publish on its Internet website a pamphlet containing information on each stage
of menopause in order to effectuate the purposes of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires menopause
information to be distributed under certain circumstances.

���� Under the bill, commencing 180
days following the bill�s effective date, a licensed health care professional
who performs an annual physical examination on a female patient who is between
the ages of 35 and 39 is to provide the female patient a pamphlet containing
information on premature menopause, early menopause, and primary ovarian
insufficiency, as prepared and published by the Department of Health pursuant
to the bill, during the visit.�

���� The bill provides that, within
90 days following the bill�s effective date, the Department of Health is to
prepare and publish on its Internet website a pamphlet containing information
on each stage of menopause.