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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter."
description: "Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2398"
citation: "New Jersey S 2398 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Auth, Robert", "Bateman, Christopher", "Ciattarelli, Jack M.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Singleton, Troy", "Space, Parker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d921543-875c-4246-8273-bafd99e7924d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cfaac3bde22b3254b15609e6d88c2990006391b49262d27aaa21eb280f66bbcd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey S 2398 (217) — Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2398_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2398_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **31** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Auth, Robert — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Ciattarelli, Jack M. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (26-8) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3879 (1R)
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-4-2) `passage`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.62. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d921543-875c-4246-8273-bafd99e7924d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).