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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"New Jersey Fair Play Act\"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness."
+description: "\"New Jersey Fair Play Act\"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 971"
+citation: "New Jersey S 971 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "SPORTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, P. Christopher", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/956423ca-049d-40cd-aed8-db57da3a3fd5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "5e2d817b0448e2a638b19878c88228f8b1af8cd1f8b49b9ac390505d1d63d53c"
+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 971 (219) — "New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/S1000/971_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/971_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **56–16** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–11** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **30–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (21-11) `passage`
+- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2106 (1R)
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (56-16-2) `passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-9) `passage`
+- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.83. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/956423ca-049d-40cd-aed8-db57da3a3fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+