---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits school district superintendent to designate school employee with certain expertise as school safety specialist."
description: "Permits school district superintendent to designate school employee with certain expertise as school safety specialist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 3765"
citation: "New Jersey A 3765 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14236706-f228-4bcd-9b23-5e8b6cc51590"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b2703eab3e8f8f498d56d69888d821948fd15ae1d1320f1a3f55f634509097b5"
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 3765 (218) — Permits school district superintendent to designate school employee with certain expertise as school safety specialist.

## 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/A4000/3765_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2456
- **2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.100. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14236706-f228-4bcd-9b23-5e8b6cc51590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).