---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires school districts to provide instruction on prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in grades kindergarten through 12; requires DOH to publish certain guidelines concerning ticks.*"
description: "Requires school districts to provide instruction on prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in grades kindergarten through 12; requires DOH to publish certain guidelines concerning ticks.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 2463"
citation: "New Jersey S 2463 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "ED HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Egan, Joseph V.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Smith, Bob", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58fc67b5-f324-42ab-a9ae-5fbe8516a579"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ac8cb5447bed8b5e88f2c233481847cfe3dfab67eba44a4d071dcec4658fa630"
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 2463 (220) — Requires school districts to provide instruction on prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in grades kindergarten through 12; requires DOH to publish certain guidelines concerning ticks.*

## 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/2022/S2500/2463_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AED 3/16/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2463_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Egan, Joseph V. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4820 (1R)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (29-1) `passage`
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58fc67b5-f324-42ab-a9ae-5fbe8516a579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).