republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2861.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*	Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2861	New Jersey S 2861 (218)	bill	CURRICULA ED HEALTH MENTAL HEALT SCH BOARDS	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Codey, Richard J. Corrado, Kristin M. Downey, Joann McKeon, John F. Mukherji, Raj Schaer, Gary S. Vitale, Joseph F.	2	8	4	2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00	2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/908b6f7f-dbc5-4771-ae88-989a7123237c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	41f3a2c08a59caf3670004e5a650884028e9f1db7255536fa2925ec519cbd41a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2861 (218) — Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate Committee Substitute S3081 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-0) passage
• 2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4446/4592 (ACS)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.222. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/908b6f7f-dbc5-4771-ae88-989a7123237c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).