---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Tommy's Law\"; requires NJT to take certain action and adopt policies concerning person injured or killed in incidents involving NJT motorbuses and rail or light rail vehicles."
description: "\"Tommy's Law\"; requires NJT to take certain action and adopt policies concerning person injured or killed in incidents involving NJT motorbuses and rail or light rail vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 3904"
citation: "New Jersey A 3904 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC TRANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardinale, Gerald", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKeon, John F.", "Schepisi, Holly T.", "Stack, Brian P."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43e4958-7f43-4009-ba67-1105f6729836"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b5cdcf34e230c8460e28b182264a06b3a62ccc15b53984acd635f1c7a25d797a"
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 3904 (218) — "Tommy's Law"; requires NJT to take certain action and adopt policies concerning person injured or killed in incidents involving NJT motorbuses and rail or light rail vehicles.

## 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/2018/Bills/A4000/3904_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardinale, Gerald — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S862 (1R)
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.113. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43e4958-7f43-4009-ba67-1105f6729836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).