---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services."
description: "Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1176"
citation: "New Jersey A 1176 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "MENTAL HEALT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Moen, William F.", "Pou, Nellie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f164734-c73c-4c5e-8de8-d7471f0226da"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8f8a99fc44e1d7b688f32b7709cec9c324a6a0a779ef1ee3f02e8d1fb9ed5ffe"
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 1176 (220) — Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1176_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHE 2/3/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1176_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 6/20/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1176_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeFuccio, DeAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S503 (2R)
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.168. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f164734-c73c-4c5e-8de8-d7471f0226da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).