---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices."
description: "Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2292"
citation: "New Jersey A 2292 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "DRUG ABUSE", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Codey, Richard J.", "Gusciora, Reed", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5afe8a9e-6524-4936-bf57-c1f1a25185c7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2c339dc18a20a4801155abc4de2e85793ee26c46ff38b5e2fd0115faa3fc540e"
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 2292 (217) — Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.

## 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/2016/Bills/A2500/2292_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S372
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.46. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5afe8a9e-6524-4936-bf57-c1f1a25185c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).