---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education."
description: "Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3191"
citation: "New Jersey S 3191 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Burzichelli, John J.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2aacec-68d0-43dd-a16b-334b821dd054"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2b01a582b59a87bb0beec8dca56b01070d78f70744a76f9238e4c172682a614f"
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 3191 (217) — Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.

## 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/S3500/3191_I1.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3370
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.140. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2aacec-68d0-43dd-a16b-334b821dd054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).