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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*"
+description: "Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 2861"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2861 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CURRICULA", "ED HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALT", "SCH BOARDS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Codey, Richard J.", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Downey, Joann", "McKeon, John F.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/908b6f7f-dbc5-4771-ae88-989a7123237c"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "41f3a2c08a59caf3670004e5a650884028e9f1db7255536fa2925ec519cbd41a"
+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 S 2861 (218) — Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2861_I1.HTM)
+2. **Senate Committee Substitute S3081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2861_U1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
+- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4446/4592 (ACS)
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.222. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/908b6f7f-dbc5-4771-ae88-989a7123237c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+