---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.*"
description: "Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 1991"
citation: "New Jersey A 1991 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "ED HEALTH", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon, Robert M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2abdb18-9276-4632-8061-7e0c8dde8e66"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cbd16705feee735f54f8b9df5ebbbca76c746b41efd4c4bdf0854a4f7457e15c"
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 1991 (218) — Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization 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/2018/Bills/A2000/1991_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2000/1991_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (61-13-3) `passage`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S941 (1R)
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-9) `passage`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-14-9) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.332. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2abdb18-9276-4632-8061-7e0c8dde8e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).