---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school."
description: "Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2489"
citation: "New Jersey S 2489 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Downey, Joann", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be41991e-23b8-4737-a246-d40ec37b5816"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "228f6d7ff3df8d1ca357371d3a1dc209848898b92a2d8b102f7e7d63a7311772"
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 2489 (218) — Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.

## 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/S2500/2489_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A425
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.178. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be41991e-23b8-4737-a246-d40ec37b5816`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).