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[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 712
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators McKnight, Burgess, Mukherji, McKeon, Diegnan and
Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and
Senior Citizens Committee on March 16, 2026, with amendments.
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An Act
concerning the establishment of a reproductive health
travel advisory and supplementing P.L.2021, c.375 (C.10:7-1 et al.).
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1. �The Legislature finds and
declares that:
���� a. �While many pregnancies are
safe and uneventful, there is always some risk that a pregnancy will
unexpectedly result in a medical emergency endangering the life or health of
the patient.
���� b. �The effective treatment of
such emergencies sometimes requires termination of the pregnancy.�
���� c. �The level and type of risk
for each patient varies with the duration of the pregnancy, and with a
patient�s underlying medical condition.
���� d. �In the states that limit
reproductive health care services, it is unclear to what extent necessary
medical treatment for pregnancy-related emergencies will be permitted.
���� e. �There is therefore a need
to create an advisory that will inform New Jersey residents of the extent to
which states within the United States limit reproductive health care services
so that they may make informed travel decisions while pregnant.�
����� 2.�� a.
The New Jersey
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[
Department of State
]
Office of Information Technology
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shall establish the �New Jersey Reproductive Health Travel Advisory.��
The travel advisory shall inform New Jersey residents of the extent to which
states within the United States restrict access to reproductive
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healthcare
]
health care
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services.
����� b.�� The
travel advisory shall provide a description of each state in the United States
with respect to reproductive
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healthcare
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health care
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services including
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,
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but not limited to, gestational duration bans,
waiting periods, insurance coverage bans, medication restrictions,
constitutional protections, funding available to patients for reproductive
health care services, and criminal and civil liability for patients and
healthcare providers.� The travel advisory shall provide the information
according to the following tiered system:
����� (1)� �Blue:�
Exercise normal caution,� which signifies that pregnant individuals have access
to all forms of reproductive
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medical
]
health
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care without fear of civil or criminal prosecution;
����� (2)� �Yellow:�
Exercise increased caution,� which signifies that pregnant individuals have
restricted access to reproductive
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medical
]
health
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care that could result in civil or criminal prosecution; and
����� (3)� �Red:�
Reconsider travel,� which signifies that pregnant individuals have extremely
restricted access to reproductive
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medical
]
health
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care that could result in an adverse medical outcome, pregnant
individuals being subject to civil or criminal prosecution, and individuals
seeking emergency reproductive
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medical
]
health
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care not being provided life-saving care due to state law.�
����� c.�� The
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[
Department of State
]
New Jersey Office of Information Technology
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shall publish the travel advisory in a prominent
location on
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its Internet
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the official
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website
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of every relevant State executive department
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and update the advisory for each state every time a
state experiences a change in its law, rules, or regulations concerning
reproductive
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healthcare
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health care
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services.
���� 3. �This act shall take effect
immediately.