---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Amistad Commission Exemplary Award Program; appropriates $10,000.*"
description: "Establishes Amistad Commission Exemplary Award Program; appropriates $10,000.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3654"
citation: "New Jersey S 3654 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "MINORITY", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Quijano, Annette", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241a7b36-537b-4559-84b8-7e10245443f8"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ad73d95125c8424ebd98bfbfff00388f51cc790857417956788d02c13a0186f8"
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 3654 (219) — Establishes Amistad Commission Exemplary Award Program; appropriates $10,000.*

## 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/S4000/3654_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S4000/3654_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs 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** Substituted for A5845
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-2) `passage`
- **2021-08-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.209. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/241a7b36-537b-4559-84b8-7e10245443f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).