---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses."
description: "Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1923"
citation: "New Jersey S 1923 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INTERNAT AFF", "PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Brown, Chris A.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-08-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d64a8cc-1ff0-46ce-8ff0-9831c391c21f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9a0e62edcd3e3c0e78dbdbf2d804399f7cc61708a3d625fc3512304e7ef13fcf"
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 1923 (217) — Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.

## 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/S2000/1923_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1923_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–3** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Egan, Joseph V. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kyrillos, Joseph M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)
- Russo, David C. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — cosponsor (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A925 (AS/1R)
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-3-2) `passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2016-08-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.24. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d64a8cc-1ff0-46ce-8ff0-9831c391c21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).