republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-3739.md

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Bill	Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.	Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 3739	New Jersey A 3739 (217)	bill	HIGHER ED TEACHERS	enacted	Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Cunningham, Sandra B. Gusciora, Reed Jasey, Mila M. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Weinberg, Loretta	2	8	2	2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00	2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cc207b99-030a-4fea-b9d0-31614e33c4b1	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	6fef11cec908f64bc73989e4d29250e2b272bb71f6a080ac98a4d299761c13d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3739 (217) — Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (56-7-13) passage
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3227
• 2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (31-0) passage
• 2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.268. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc207b99-030a-4fea-b9d0-31614e33c4b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).