S3285 • 2026

Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Ruiz, M. Teresa
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.

What This Bill Does

Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-09 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-02-09 New Jersey Legislature
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3285 SHH Statement 2/9/26

SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
3285

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�FEBRUARY
9, 2026

����� The Senate Health, Human
Services and Senior Citizens Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3285.

�����
This
bill mandates that the Department of Children and Families (DCF) prepare and
make available on its Internet website, in an easily printable format,
information on the program providing �baby boxes� and safe sleep education to
expecting and new parents.� DCF would update the information whenever new
information on the program becomes available.

���� DCF
would also be required to post a website link to the program providing the
�baby boxes� and safe sleep education on its website, and ensure that the link
is easily accessible to the public, prominently displayed on the website, and
updated as necessary.

���� As
used in bill, �baby box� means a box made of durable cardboard, filled with
essential items for newborns and expecting and new parents, such as diapers,
baby wipes, and information on safe sleep techniques, that can serve as a safe
sleep environment for the first few months of an infant�s life, and meets all
applicable tenets of the bassinet standard established by the United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission.

���� The
bill stipulates that DCF would ensure, in consultation with all other State
departments, that the information posted on its website is made available, and
the website link to the program providing the �baby boxes� and safe sleep
education is posted on the website of every State department, and is updated as
necessary.

���� �Baby
boxes� are made of durable cardboard, filled with essential items for newborns,
such as diapers and baby wipes, and are large enough to serve as a crib for the
first few months of an infant�s life.

���� New
Jersey�s program, a partnership between the State�s Child Fatality and Near
Fatality Review Board and The Baby Box Company, provides all expecting and new
parents with a free �baby box� after the parents complete an online parenting
education course.