---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires school districts which participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to adopt New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association heat participation policy.*"
description: "Requires school districts which participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to adopt New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association heat participation policy.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2443"
citation: "New Jersey S 2443 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ED HEALTH", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d790f095-32e0-4cfc-8222-457149a8f5eb"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "33ae0151a0b6e776cf2ddfd3c3eb741b0d4b2db7e65590aad255bba506de7403"
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 2443 (218) — Requires school districts which participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to adopt New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association heat participation policy.*

## 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/S2500/2443_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2500/2443_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4754 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.293. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d790f095-32e0-4cfc-8222-457149a8f5eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).