---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain energy services for local units.*"
description: "Authorizes extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain energy services for local units.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 1677"
citation: "New Jersey A 1677 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH TRANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagolie, Rosaura", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb165825-df09-42a2-8ec4-f3ff8926bb77"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "fa0ac8b6c9b9c79317488a6457480582d2563b0ca4894113b3b67ab9ea92ba1c"
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 1677 (221) — Authorizes extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain energy services for local units.*

## 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/2024/A2000/1677_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ABU 6/26/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1677_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint AED 6/6/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1677_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **62–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagolie, Rosaura — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (62-15-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3263 (1R)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (27-13) `passage`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.38. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb165825-df09-42a2-8ec4-f3ff8926bb77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).