---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Secure Schools for All Children Act\"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students."
description: "\"Secure Schools for All Children Act\"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2689"
citation: "New Jersey A 2689 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Auth, Robert", "Beach, James", "Eustace, Tim", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Kean, Sean T.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Prieto, Vincent", "Quijano, Annette", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5abe67d-86ec-4fc7-981c-50b72ad37a1a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e1ec5addaffae6bcaffe5e02d065db0c654f7a338ee65699908fe0470190eb41"
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 2689 (217) — "Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3000/2689_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3000/2689_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- EMERGENCY — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- AMEND — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SA — **79–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Auth, Robert — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Barnes, Peter J. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (29-0) (Beach) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S754 (2R)
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (38-0) (Beach)
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.49. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5abe67d-86ec-4fc7-981c-50b72ad37a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).