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A1428 • 2026

Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.

Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Simonsen, Erik K.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.

Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1428

ASSEMBLY, No. 1428

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman ANTWAN L. MCCLELLAN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn and Assemblyman Auth

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of
cannabis and marijuana use.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning substance abuse instruction in the public
schools and supplementing P.L.1987, c.389 (C.18A:40A-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� The Department of
Education, in consultation with the Division of Addiction Services in the
Department of Human Services, shall ensure the New Jersey Student Learning
Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education on substance abuse
instruction includes, for each grade three through 12, age-appropriate
instruction on:

���� a.���� the impact of cannabis
and marijuana products on the adolescent brain and body;

���� b.��� the effects of
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive substance in marijuana that produces
the high associated with smoking marijuana and which can also lead to central
nervous system depression;

���� c.���� the risks of addiction
to cannabis and marijuana products;

���� d.��� the risks of driving
while under the influence of cannabis or marijuana products;

���� e.���� the difference between
medicinal and recreational use of cannabis and marijuana products; and

���� f.���� an examination of the
external and internal influences that may impact a person�s decision to use or
abstain from cannabis and marijuana products.�

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� Current law requires the New
Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical
Education include content on the nature and treatment of drugs, alcohol,
anabolic steroids, tobacco, and controlled dangerous substances
(N.J.S.A.18A:40A-2.2).� This bill requires the Department of Education, in
consultation with the Division of Addiction Services in the Department of Human
Services, to ensure the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education on substance abuse instruction include specific
age-appropriate instruction, for each grade three through 12, on the use of
cannabis and marijuana products.�

���� Under the bill, the learning
standards must include:

�

basic
information about cannabis and marijuana products and its impacts on the
adolescent brain and body;

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the effects of
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive substance in marijuana that produces
the high associated with smoking marijuana and which can also lead to central
nervous system depression;

�

the risks of
addiction to cannabis and marijuana products;

�

the risks of
driving while under the influence of cannabis or marijuana products;

�

the difference
between medicinal and recreational use of cannabis and marijuana products; and

�

an examination
of the external and internal influences that may impact a person�s decision to
use or abstain from cannabis and marijuana products.��