---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*"
description: "Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 715"
citation: "New Jersey S 715 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "TELEPHONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Conaway, Herb", "Durr, Edward", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7918412-83e0-4f4e-bd4d-4d8597f7ea65"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a05e4d18d16a1a59df66b8ae9f1e19eb5f5414dd2a21faad953666c59bf788f1"
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 715 (220) — Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*

## 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/S1000/715_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AED 3/16/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/715_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Durr, Edward — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred 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 A1992 (1R)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-0-2) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.126. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7918412-83e0-4f4e-bd4d-4d8597f7ea65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).