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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
+description: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 2004"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2004 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONSUMER FIN", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Green, Jerry", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e00f7f-588f-49aa-b56d-57388dacf822"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "5b7d78004ddbea891b862517f44264a773a4f8bbaa01051b05702249deb296a2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 2004 (217) — Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
+- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wolfe, David W. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S731 (SCS)
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.74. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87e00f7f-588f-49aa-b56d-57388dacf822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+