---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes database to aid in civil service hiring process for certain law enforcement officers; requires Statewide diversity analysis of law enforcement. *"
description: "Establishes database to aid in civil service hiring process for certain law enforcement officers; requires Statewide diversity analysis of law enforcement. *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2767"
citation: "New Jersey S 2767 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL SVC", "MINORITY", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/850db871-d387-474c-8ecb-f7e610128224"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0ab2f5533c6fa19885a98be92ba7eb408e61818a36d0b338277136935680d72e"
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 2767 (219) — Establishes database to aid in civil service hiring process for certain law enforcement officers; requires Statewide diversity analysis of law enforcement. *

## 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/S3000/2767_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3000/2767_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (35-0) (Cryan) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (36-0) (Cryan)
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4598 (2R)
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.236. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/850db871-d387-474c-8ecb-f7e610128224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).