New Jersey A 2636: Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.

Bill Text

A2636 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2636 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Assemblyman AL BARLAS

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman VICTORIA A. FLYNN

District 13 (Monmouth)

SYNOPSIS

���� "Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; 
requires institutions of higher education to post information on student 
suicides and attempted suicides on website.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the reporting of certain information 
by institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A 
of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act.�

���� 2.��� Beginning with the 
2019-2020 academic year, an institution of higher education shall provide for 
public inspection on its website information concerning the total number of 
students enrolled in the institution who committed suicide or attempted suicide 
in the prior academic year.� The institution shall update the information 
annually. 

���� 3.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill is entitled the 
�Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act.�� Madison Holleran, a track star at Northern 
 Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, New Jersey, committed suicide in 
January of 2014 while enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania.

���� The bill requires an 
institution of higher education, beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, to 
provide for public inspection on its website information concerning the total 
number of students enrolled in the institution who committed suicide or attempted 
suicide in the prior academic year.� Under the bill, an institution must update 
the information annually.

���� According to the �2017 New 
Jersey Youth Suicide Report� issued by the New Jersey Department of Children 
and Families, suicide is the third-leading cause of death for New Jersey youth 
ages 10-24.� The most recent data for 2013-2015 shows that of the 283 youth 
suicides in New Jersey, 70% were committed by young adults ages 19-24. 

���� Requiring an institution of 
higher education to provide information on students enrolled in the institution 
who commit suicide or attempt suicide will help raise awareness of this 
critical issue.