---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises law requiring certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline."
description: "Revises law requiring certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4897"
citation: "New Jersey A 4897 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amato, Carmen F.", "Atkins, Reginald W.", "Carter, Linda S.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc52771a-445f-495b-8162-454edd0efd01"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "f9cad2dcca090262690ca6f9922866c98f9bedb39379e22049b2ed77e955d627"
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 4897 (221) — Revises law requiring certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.

## 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/A5000/4897_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHI 12/9/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4897_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amato, Carmen F. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3769 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.112. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc52771a-445f-495b-8162-454edd0efd01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).