republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-414.md

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Bill	Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.	Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 414	New Jersey S 414 (218)	bill	LABOR SCH BOARDS TEACHERS	enacted	Bucco, Anthony R. Downey, Joann Lagana, Joseph A. Lampitt, Pamela R. Pennacchio, Joseph Ruiz, M. Teresa Webber, Jay	2	10	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d9e164cf-8f13-4105-a66c-8a126260f842	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	e21176e8f38786401352a35d3c8d5787a8a85264f86930bce6fe2e439a4aa122	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 414 (218) — Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.

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 Senate committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Webber, Jay — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Thomson, Edward H. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3381
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (73-0-0) passage
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.5. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9e164cf-8f13-4105-a66c-8a126260f842. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).