---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants."
description: "Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1282"
citation: "New Jersey A 1282 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH TRANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Haider, Shama A.", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-08-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13f27e40-df9d-4eec-b44e-9856d536c051"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0123d0b5a49d0cbc5d989e751cde7b0254aa90f58f7a29bf9c1f33b196f48690"
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 1282 (220) — Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.

## 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/A1500/1282_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ATR 5/12/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1282_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Flynn)
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (42-33-0) (Greenwald)
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (47-31-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S759 (2R)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-15) `passage`
- **2022-08-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.86. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13f27e40-df9d-4eec-b44e-9856d536c051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).