---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force."
description: "Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3079"
citation: "New Jersey S 3079 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea6e8d11-b098-4ef2-8fa1-3099867f0300"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cc4ed3b6ac204a443483124f77f26fb3aa731d8ee1abfd2525299b944717a607"
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 3079 (220) — Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.

## 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/S3500/3079_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Assembly 12/7/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3500/3079_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SED 10/27/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3500/3079_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- DeFuccio, DeAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Lampitt) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4977 (1R)
- **2023-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.218. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea6e8d11-b098-4ef2-8fa1-3099867f0300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).