"New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
General Assembly Passage
Jul 2020
Signed into Law
Sep 2020
Introduced Jan 27, 2020
Signed Sep 14, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2020 · General Assembly Jul 30, 2020
How they voted
20–11
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 39
Feb 10, 2020
D
Democratic26
65% Yea
R
Republican13
53% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Sep 14, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, c.83.
executive
Jul 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-9)
upper
Jul 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (56-16-2)
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-11)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
upper
6 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
P
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
P
Joe Lagana
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Swain
DDemocratic
P
LW
Loretta Weinberg
DDemocratic
P
SB
Sandra B. Cunningham
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Jim Beach
DDemocratic
Co
NJ
Nancy J. Pinkin
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Shirley Turner
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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