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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
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description: "Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "217"
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identifier: "A 2004"
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citation: "New Jersey A 2004 (217)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSUMER FIN", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Green, Jerry", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87e00f7f-588f-49aa-b56d-57388dacf822"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "5b7d78004ddbea891b862517f44264a773a4f8bbaa01051b05702249deb296a2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# New Jersey A 2004 (217) — Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_U1.HTM)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2500/2004_I1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Beach, James — primary (person)
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- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
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- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
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- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
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- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
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- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
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- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
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- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
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- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
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- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wolfe, David W. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
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- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
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- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S731 (SCS)
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- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
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- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.74. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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