---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education."
description: "Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3330"
citation: "New Jersey S 3330 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Bramnick, Jon M.", "Carter, Linda S.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95adf59b-2e0d-4671-8e44-ae6276d2a671"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e9939ac1d6a7723eb1d0f29302c1c0f3d853be488565a9491387b7efdc313030"
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 3330 (220) — Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

## 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/S3500/3330_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SED 2/23/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3500/3330_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5015 (1R)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.201. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95adf59b-2e0d-4671-8e44-ae6276d2a671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).