republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-1657.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	Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*	Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 1657	New Jersey A 1657 (221)	bill	MENTAL HEALT SCH BOARDS	enacted	Beach, James Burgess, Renee C. Greenwald, Louis D. Lampitt, Pamela R. Speight, Shanique	3	10	5	2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2c605edb-3ed1-4dea-bed9-aa88f1469254	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	fc8f4f7cb10a56d71c241b4b0c216b5665b66ac9322d9a50f6a337abff18369d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1657 (221) — Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint AED 9/19/24 1R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint SED 11/10/25 2R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 58–12 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 56–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
• Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (56-12-4) passage
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
• 2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2380 (1R)
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (21-14) passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (58-12-1) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.225. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c605edb-3ed1-4dea-bed9-aa88f1469254. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).