---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement."
description: "Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 2394"
citation: "New Jersey A 2394 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "MINORITY", "MUNICIPALITI", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3af74d30-6578-430f-9ef8-e0f5a34cfc06"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f2cc181416cef5b69ab927e9859d82466acbf5885e84ac782910364fa5b61a80"
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 2394 (219) — Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.

## 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/2020/Bills/A2500/2394_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2500/2394_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-3-5) `passage`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S401 (1R)
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-1) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-3-5) `passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.107. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3af74d30-6578-430f-9ef8-e0f5a34cfc06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).