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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
description: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2004"
citation: "New Jersey A 2004 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER FIN", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Green, Jerry", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e00f7f-588f-49aa-b56d-57388dacf822"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5b7d78004ddbea891b862517f44264a773a4f8bbaa01051b05702249deb296a2"
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 2004 (217) — Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **40** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **130** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wolfe, David W. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S731 (SCS)
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.74. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87e00f7f-588f-49aa-b56d-57388dacf822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).