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Bill Text

A2539 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2539 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman VICTORIA A. FLYNN

District 13 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Azzariti Jr. and Auth

SYNOPSIS

���� "Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses 
Act"; prohibits distribution of State aid to an institution of higher 
education that authorizes, funds, or supports antisemitic events or 
organizations or fails to punish acts of antisemitism on campus.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning antisemitism at institutions of higher 
education� and supplementing 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 "Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act.�

��� 2.� The Legislature finds and 
declares that:

��� a. The United States Department 
of State recognizes both Hamas and Hezbollah as Foreign Terrorist 
Organizations. 

���� b. On October 7, 2023, Hamas 
launched a surprise attack to deliberately target Israeli civilians, including 
the killing and abduction of men, women, children, and the elderly. 

���� c.� This attack killed over 
1,200 innocent civilians including women, children, and approximately 30 
American citizens, and Hamas took over 250 individuals hostage, including at 
least 10 Americans. 

���� d.� Hamas� stated goal is the 
entire destruction of the State of Israel and the murder of its Jewish 
citizens. 

���� e. New Jersey will continue to 
support our Jewish neighbors and students in New Jersey.

���� f. Incidents of antisemitism 
have increased since Hamas� attack, and the proliferation of antisemitism at 
public institutions of higher education is particularly concerning.

���� g. A disturbing number of 
student organizations at institutions of higher education placed blame solely 
upon the State of Israel for the attack and expressed support for the terrorist 
actions of Hamas through the glorification of violence and the use of antisemitic 
rhetoric. 

���� h. Many administrations of 
institutions of higher education do not follow the practice of institutional 
neutrality and frequently speak out on public issues, but have failed to speak 
out clearly in support of their Jewish students.

���� i. The glorification of 
violence and use of antisemitic rhetoric, including, but not limited to, �from 
the river to the sea, Palestine will be free� and �there is only one solution; 
intifada, revolution� are forms of hate speech, a call for violence, and create 
a hostile learning and working environment for all but especially for Jewish 
students, faculty, and staff.� This rhetoric has long been used by Hamas 
supporters to call for the violent dismantling of the State of Israel and the 
destruction of the Jewish people who live there. 

���� j. Acts of anti-Jewish and 
anti-Israel vandalism in which individuals intentionally destroy, damage, or 
remove any banner, poster, flyer, or billboard located in public spaces, where 
the intent or purpose of these communications is to bring awareness for Israeli 
individuals who have been victims of a crime or to positively support the 
country or citizens of Israel, are further forms of antisemitic rhetoric and 
hate speech which create a hostile learning and working environment for all, 
but especially for Jewish students, faculty, and staff. 

���� k. Many administrations of 
institutions of higher education have failed to discourage, prevent, or 
thoroughly investigate these acts of antisemitic vandalism and rhetoric and 
have failed to appropriately punish the perpetrators. 

���� l. Additional examples of 
recent unchecked antisemitism on�� campuses in the State include a masked 
protester shouting, �We are Hamas. We�re all Hamas,� and masked protesters 
shouting, �Never forget the 7th of October, that will happen not one more time, 
not one thousand more times, but ten thousand more times.�

���� m. New Jersey supports free 
speech, especially on the campuses of its institutions of higher education, but 
that freedom comes with responsibilities for students, faculty, and the 
institutions themselves.

���� n. Free speech and action can 
never incite violence, encourage people to harass other students or other New 
Jersey residents, or disrupt the core educational purpose of an institution of 
higher education.

���� o. Students and faculty should 
not participate in, and institutions of higher education should not allow, 
expression that is unlawful or disrupts the operations of the institution.

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���� 3. a. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no State aid shall 
be granted to any institution of higher education that:

���� (1) authorizes, facilitates, 
provides fundi