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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*"
+description: "Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "S 2644"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2644 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CURRICULA", "SCH BOARDS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Morales, Carmen Theresa", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cb27020-e2ad-4ac4-8716-c4da16ca287c"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "6ada4bc2967033081927184abba3bd6ced0f311380b440b5f34345802caf1b4d"
+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 S 2644 (221) — Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2644_I1.HTM)
+2. **Senate Committee Substitute SED 6/20/24 S2645 S2646 SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2644_U1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2024-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4303/4304/4308 (ACS)
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.52. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cb27020-e2ad-4ac4-8716-c4da16ca287c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+