republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-1028.md

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Bill	Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.	Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 1028	New Jersey S 1028 (219)	bill	COMMISSIONS CURRICULA MINORITY	enacted	McKnight, Angela V. Quijano, Annette Ruiz, M. Teresa Singleton, Troy Timberlake, Britnee N. Turner, Shirley K.	2	8	4	2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b9a5be34-3908-4c13-a448-60c462aacf29	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	60deccc9428c83ecd462178277e464f87151a8b5269e9770014c17ea71df5d7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1028 (219) — Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.

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 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3601 (1R)
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.153. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9a5be34-3908-4c13-a448-60c462aacf29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).