---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*"
description: "Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 1715"
citation: "New Jersey A 1715 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Hall, Garnet R.", "McKeon, John F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb6e85fa-b737-4049-a810-d3410088c68f"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "af3f91b09d0e202b52a52552ab528b1c8a1fce6af84d0b85596988ab9974cde6"
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 1715 (221) — Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*

## 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/2024/A2000/1715_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ATG 2/13/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1715_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Assembly 2/27/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1715_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Voice) (Quijano) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3184 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.197. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb6e85fa-b737-4049-a810-d3410088c68f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).