republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-108.md

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Bill	Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.	Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 108	New Jersey S 108 (219)	bill	CIVIL RIGHTS HIGHER ED	enacted	Caputo, Ralph R. Gill, Nia H. Turner, Shirley K. Wirths, Harold J.	2	15	8	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7b770177-bbcf-4148-b51e-5c8788ed4265	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	1c5687d8f6d2e503a16b5ce59f6552c9a198a11a1ed3681fe369b5a6ee2199c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 108 (219) — Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Doherty, Michael J. — cosponsor (person)
• Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Peters, Ryan E. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A169 (1R)
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (74-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2021-12-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (35-1)
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-1) passage
• 2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.309. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b770177-bbcf-4148-b51e-5c8788ed4265. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).