---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urges United States President Trump, members of his administration, and Congress to oppose measures and actions to prohibit states from authorizing and conducting Internet gaming."
description: "Urges United States President Trump, members of his administration, and Congress to oppose measures and actions to prohibit states from authorizing and conducting Internet gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 137"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 137 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CASINOS", "FEDERAL REL", "INTERNET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzeo, Vincent", "Whelan, Jim"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b989d9-cff0-4534-8bea-bc76a91c67ba"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "79e18af784af0a0ca4a22cd62c7bb05c29882d8529d66bd0cae680ead2fa4343"
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 AJR 137 (217) — Urges United States President Trump, members of his administration, and Congress to oppose measures and actions to prohibit states from authorizing and conducting Internet gaming.

## 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/AJR/137_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Whelan, Jim — primary (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-1) `passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR102
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-18. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b989d9-cff0-4534-8bea-bc76a91c67ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).