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NJ Bill to Protect Trans Rights Faces Last-Minute Delay

1/8/2026

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Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has not scheduled a vote on S3491/A4656 as New Jersey's legislative session nears its end.
The bill would protect gender-affirming care and reproductive services from out-of-state attacks.
Activists are mobilizing voters as nearly half the legislature supports the bill.
Lawmakers have until January 8 to act as federal threats to transgender rights loom.

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Story summary

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has not scheduled a vote on S3491/A4656 as New Jersey's legislative session nears its end.
The bill would protect gender-affirming care and reproductive services from out-of-state attacks.
Activists are mobilizing voters as nearly half the legislature supports the bill.
Lawmakers have until January 8 to act as federal threats to transgender rights loom.