Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Dec 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
General Assembly Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Nov 2021
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Nov 8, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2021 · General Assembly May 20, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2021
D
Democratic26
88% Yea
R
Republican14
71% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Nov 8, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.261.
executive
Jun 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
May 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (33-0)
upper
Dec 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
upper
5 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
P
Joe Pennacchio
RRepublican
P
Pam Lampitt
DDemocratic
P
RJ
Richard J. Codey
DDemocratic
P
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Cleopatra Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Craig Coughlin
DDemocratic
Co
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
Co
EH
Eric Houghtaling
DDemocratic
Co
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
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