---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy."
description: "Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4457"
citation: "New Jersey A 4457 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caride, Marlene", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singleton, Troy", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a82524b-b6dd-4a2b-bb93-065b2a6483f2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5bf98642599da75289cd2abc9b8f99b01e60188a3aa444b7a19b3ff898a8bf53"
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 4457 (217) — Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.

## 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/A4500/4457_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3559
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.274. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a82524b-b6dd-4a2b-bb93-065b2a6483f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).