---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist."
description: "Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3347"
citation: "New Jersey A 3347 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Wolfe, David W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ed6d97-2516-4bca-8b4a-397b2809fc24"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "61d5e65d4e7955e7ce522d77ba467d53ab84a4c4773d1210fdcaadf9a940e8b3"
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 3347 (217) — Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist.

## 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/A3500/3347_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3500/3347_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-22T05:00:00+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 with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (68-0-5) `passage`
- **2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2242 (1R)
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-2) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.162. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ed6d97-2516-4bca-8b4a-397b2809fc24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).