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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
+description: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 3446"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3446 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CURRICULA"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Drulis, Mitchelle", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "82a739830fb4c63980a1754f39a17410436d413c8f68ad65f492aa2ec457dfd6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 3446 (221) — "Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AED 6/6/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–20** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-20-1) `passage`
+- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2421 (SCS)
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14) `passage`
+- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.96. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+