---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses."
description: "Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2180"
citation: "New Jersey A 2180 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH TRANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Moen, William F.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Polistina, Vincent J.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d08b4422-8e38-4e6e-a26d-6bfe922dc115"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "71b13e0fc3042bef289f92ad786ddea9c2924120f18d7fcfec1123ed544f5fb9"
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 2180 (221) — Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.

## 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/A2500/2180_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AED 3/11/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2500/2180_R1.PDF)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2500/2180_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR GOV REC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND RULE 22:4b — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **73–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Polistina, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — 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 Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3000 (1R)
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend 22:4 (72-1-0) (Moen)
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-2-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.81. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d08b4422-8e38-4e6e-a26d-6bfe922dc115`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).