SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4897

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 26, 2025

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4897 (1R).

     As reported, this bill revises current State law requiring certain student identification cards to contain the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline.

     Under the bill, a public school that includes grades seven through 12 or an institution of higher education that issues student identification cards is required to print the telephone number for mental health and suicide crisis resources, as determined by the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education or Secretary of Higher Education, as applicable, on the back of each student identification card.

     Under current law, a public school that includes grades seven through 12 or an institution of higher education that issues student identification cards is required to print the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline) and contact information for a crisis text line on the back of each student identification card.

     As reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 4897 (1R) is identical to Senate Bill No. 3769, which was amended and reported by the committee on this date.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.