republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2709.md

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Bill	Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault.**	Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2709	New Jersey S 2709 (218)	bill	CHILD ABUSE CRIM PROCED CRIMES SEX OFFEND TEACHERS	enacted	Armato, John Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Lampitt, Pamela R. Madden, Fred H. Mukherji, Raj Ruiz, M. Teresa Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	2	11	6	2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b115305a-a3a8-4a76-b841-586a9db425d2	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	8cd3e28e46973eb44fc4256e9b37fea68f2b0b7eccf180b8f2be6cd4afabb46a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2709 (218) — Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault.**

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 — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Howarth, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Peters, Ryan E. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+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
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (33-0) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1909/4404 (ACS)
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.108. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b115305a-a3a8-4a76-b841-586a9db425d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).