---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jake's Law; requires DCA to promulgate completely inclusive playground regulations; incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds.*"
description: "Jake's Law; requires DCA to promulgate completely inclusive playground regulations; incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 2187"
citation: "New Jersey A 2187 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a423aa-9070-4cf6-ac02-230e4030848d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ce3d65515869e4bef13aaed622437b891eb1515bb11ed00d1c4cfa0b9942ca78"
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 2187 (218) — Jake's Law; requires DCA to promulgate completely inclusive playground regulations; incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds.*

## 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/A2500/2187_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2187_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2138 (SCS)
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.104. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a423aa-9070-4cf6-ac02-230e4030848d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).