---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act\"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students."
description: "\"Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act\"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4710"
citation: "New Jersey A 4710 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "EDUCATION", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c100f640-18f3-4d37-a24b-df3d532eabcf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c891e14bebcb604e831aab1c258237b91214ec05d944441a1ec48f4e29e49c25"
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 4710 (218) — "Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students.

## 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/A5000/4710_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4710_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-1-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (30-0) (Beach) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3258 (1R)
- **2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (31-0) `passage`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.338. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c100f640-18f3-4d37-a24b-df3d532eabcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).