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A1622 • 2026

Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.

Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kean, Sean T.
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 State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.

Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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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 State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1622

ASSEMBLY, No. 1622

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic
Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament
basketball games.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning interscholastic basketball programs and
supplementing chapter 11 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.�

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

���� 1.��� The New Jersey State
Interscholastic Athletic Association shall develop and adopt a policy that
requires an official video and audio recording of each playoff tournament
basketball game conducted by the association for use in the review of game
clock decisions.�� The head coach of each team shall be permitted a maximum of
two game clock challenges per game.�

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���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year
following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This
bill requires the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA) to adopt a policy on the use of instant replay in playoff tournament
basketball games.�

���� Under the bill, the NJSIAA is
required to develop and adopt a policy that requires an official video and
audio recording of each playoff tournament basketball game conducted by the
association for use in the review of game clock decisions.�� The bill permits
the head coach of each team to make two game clock challenges per game.