republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2044.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."	Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2044	New Jersey S 2044 (218)	bill	EDUCATION HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Lampitt, Pamela R. Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Quijano, Annette Ruiz, M. Teresa Turner, Shirley K.	2	11	6	2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2019-08-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dd6b0831-de88-4520-8fa1-21313f9c62be	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	019667871668bbd5b5b2e32f8271ba2b9e9bb0ad2d86d9eb6ad33cdf3c7b0eed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2044 (218) — Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (38-0) (Turner) amendment-passage
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1896 (2R)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2019-08-05T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.204. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd6b0831-de88-4520-8fa1-21313f9c62be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).