---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*"
description: "Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2376"
citation: "New Jersey S 2376 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ED HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Carter, Linda S.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Sampson, William B.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82f56428-3870-4de3-beb5-b6c1b2b0ded9"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "808292b2ad22f2b21ee873b224bace8346c97c62bdb624778cdbfe5223c2f8ff"
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 2376 (221) — Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2376_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Abdelaziz, Al — cosponsor (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
- Azzariti Jr., John V. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Barlas, Al — cosponsor (person)
- Barranco, Christian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Kane, Melinda — cosponsor (person)
- Kanitra, Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Marenco, Julio — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Polistina, Vincent J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Schnall, Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singh, Balvir — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2255 (1R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.205. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82f56428-3870-4de3-beb5-b6c1b2b0ded9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).