---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensures student well-being during school security drills."
description: "Ensures student well-being during school security drills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5727"
citation: "New Jersey A 5727 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e497e3-8109-4b94-adca-2dec65739b12"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f61ffe94dce406c0fe045534d043a361a471e5696f42fc6e2fc7be1d36eac300"
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 5727 (219) — Ensures student well-being during school security drills.

## 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/A9999/5727_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5727_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3726 (2R)
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.365. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e497e3-8109-4b94-adca-2dec65739b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).