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type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Fair Play Act\"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness."
description: "\"New Jersey Fair Play Act\"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 971"
citation: "New Jersey S 971 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, P. Christopher", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/956423ca-049d-40cd-aed8-db57da3a3fd5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5e2d817b0448e2a638b19878c88228f8b1af8cd1f8b49b9ac390505d1d63d53c"
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 S 971 (219) — "New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/971_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/971_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **5616** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **2111** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **42** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **309** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (21-11) `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2106 (1R)
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (56-16-2) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-9) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.83. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/956423ca-049d-40cd-aed8-db57da3a3fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).