---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4720"
citation: "New Jersey A 4720 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67854bb0-10b4-46e9-b12b-7fab6e31caeb"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ee2e73278509f9c836e9523907e140efb98f14c177b38ffcfa00e6bf2a212a00"
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 4720 (220) — Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4720_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AED 2/9/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4720_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3145 (2R)
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.36. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67854bb0-10b4-46e9-b12b-7fab6e31caeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).