---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
description: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 3446"
citation: "New Jersey A 3446 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Drulis, Mitchelle", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "82a739830fb4c63980a1754f39a17410436d413c8f68ad65f492aa2ec457dfd6"
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 3446 (221) — "Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AED 6/6/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-20-1) `passage`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2421 (SCS)
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14) `passage`
- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.96. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).