republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-3446.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	"Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*	"Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 3446	New Jersey A 3446 (221)	bill	CURRICULA	enacted	Conaway, Herb Drulis, Mitchelle Ruiz, M. Teresa Sumter, Shavonda E. Zwicker, Andrew	2	8	4	2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	82a739830fb4c63980a1754f39a17410436d413c8f68ad65f492aa2ec457dfd6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3446 (221) — "Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute AED 6/6/24 ACS (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 53–20 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 25–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
• Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
• Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (53-20-1) passage
• 2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
• 2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2421 (SCS)
• 2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14) passage
• 2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2024, c.96. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).