Loading chat...
NJ S3340
Bill
Status
6/3/2024
Primary Sponsor
Robert Singer
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Prohibits New Jersey from distributing State aid to any institution of higher education that authorizes, facilitates, funds, or supports antisemitism or events/organizations promoting antisemitism on campus
-
Requires colleges to lose State funding if they fail to enforce their own student codes of conduct and harassment, intimidation, and bullying policies
-
Mandates that institutions adequately punish perpetrators of antisemitism with academic, professional, and legal consequences, including potential expulsion and criminal prosecution referrals
-
Defines "antisemitism" using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition adopted on May 26, 2016
-
Cites the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and subsequent campus incidents—including chants like "from the river to the sea" and "we are Hamas"—as evidence of rising antisemitism requiring legislative action
Legislative Description
"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.
Higher Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
6/3/2024