---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation."
description: "Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4019"
citation: "New Jersey A 4019 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Danielsen, Joe", "DeCroce, BettyLou", "Land, R. Bruce", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e47a8e7-dc01-4b5d-b87b-cc1848b8704f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8703828a2b47c7875d678ae87a3d1bd170ef8b1997832e3cd84e9347ce173a3c"
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 4019 (217) — Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.

## 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/A4500/4019_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2491
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.84. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e47a8e7-dc01-4b5d-b87b-cc1848b8704f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).