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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes protections for student-athletes and certain institutions of higher education concerning name, image, or likeness compensation; repeals \"New Jersey Fair Play Act.\""
description: "Establishes protections for student-athletes and certain institutions of higher education concerning name, image, or likeness compensation; repeals \"New Jersey Fair Play Act.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4439"
citation: "New Jersey S 4439 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49607e00-9315-4a9d-9df0-b3fe3df9cacc"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "369b5cf2f7997f75e43b6f2fe39b2f49cab2f0b32f6ea4317e7287ae99313633"
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 4439 (221) — Establishes protections for student-athletes and certain institutions of higher education concerning name, image, or likeness compensation; repeals "New Jersey Fair Play Act."
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4439_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–18** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (25-11) `passage`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5729
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-18-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.110. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49607e00-9315-4a9d-9df0-b3fe3df9cacc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).