---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain schools to establish emergency action plans for responding to serious or potentially life-threatening sports-related injuries."
description: "Requires certain schools to establish emergency action plans for responding to serious or potentially life-threatening sports-related injuries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2494"
citation: "New Jersey S 2494 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EMER SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c746068-ced9-4bd7-87d1-8957c206d994"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "96bb776b19014ac02e5367cc5c1c192509f5bec0699dedae59781ced543edc64"
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 2494 (218) — Requires certain schools to establish emergency action plans for responding to serious or potentially life-threatening sports-related injuries.

## 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/S2500/2494_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4723
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.292. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c746068-ced9-4bd7-87d1-8957c206d994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).