---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes three-year nonpublic school pupil transportation pilot program in Lakewood School District to provide funding to consortium of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for district's mandated nonpublic school busing."
description: "Establishes three-year nonpublic school pupil transportation pilot program in Lakewood School District to provide funding to consortium of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for district's mandated nonpublic school busing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2049"
citation: "New Jersey S 2049 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "SCH TRANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kean, Sean T.", "Rible, David P.", "Singer, Robert W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea95f1a-8e7d-42d5-a338-0fa740e6ef90"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "dc1a0d1b19453f8fc1795c6ceca1c052b9e60099d28afcecc32f44555bcf0fc9"
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 2049 (217) — Establishes three-year nonpublic school pupil transportation pilot program in Lakewood School District to provide funding to consortium of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for district's mandated nonpublic school busing.

## 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/S2500/2049_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2049_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **41–27** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **22–8** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kean, Sean T. — primary (person)
- Rible, David P. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-8) `passage`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3652 (1R)
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (41-27-3) `passage`
- **2016-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.22. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea95f1a-8e7d-42d5-a338-0fa740e6ef90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).