Bill Text: NJ A4113 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-09-23 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4113 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4113-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Speight
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at public institutions of higher education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Higher Education Committee on September 23, 2024, with amendments.
An Act concerning sports wagering partnerships at public 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. a. As used in this section, "sports wagering partnership" means a partnership or contractual agreement between a sports wagering operator or intermediary and 1[an] a public1 institution of higher education, including an athletic department or booster club of the institution, for access to advertise in the institution's stadiums and other facilities, in digital and broadcast sports content, and through other means.
b. A public institution of higher education shall not participate in a sports wagering partnership as defined by subsection a. of this section.
1c. The provisions of subsection b. of this section shall not apply to a foundation institutionally related to a public institution of higher education, provided that a sports wagering partnership into which the foundation enters shall not include direct advertising or marketing to students enrolled in the institution. Direct advertising or marketing shall include advertising or marketing at on-campus locations and off-campus locations associated with the public institution of higher education, and any electronic advertising or marketing explicitly directed to students enrolled in the institution.
d. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to any partnership between a public institution of higher education and casino licensees, sports wagering licensees, or their contracted operators which the partnership is established for academic purposes or provides experiential learning opportunities to students enrolled in the institution.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
