---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide later school start times for high school students."
description: "Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide later school start times for high school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3160"
citation: "New Jersey S 3160 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566dbbe0-283c-424e-8e42-526bd95ebb62"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "26a81d329bcdabe6752008ba115e1172d36ab99fa46208a99297d21b42b76373"
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 3160 (218) — Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide later school start times for high school students.

## 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/S3500/3160_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4865
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-3) `passage`
- **2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.224. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566dbbe0-283c-424e-8e42-526bd95ebb62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).