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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
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description: "\"Freedom to Read Act\"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "221"
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identifier: "A 3446"
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citation: "New Jersey A 3446 (221)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CURRICULA"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Drulis, Mitchelle", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3"
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source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
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source_hash: "82a739830fb4c63980a1754f39a17410436d413c8f68ad65f492aa2ec457dfd6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# 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.*
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AED 6/6/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_U1.HTM)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A3500/3446_I1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–20** (pass) · lower
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- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
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- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
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- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
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- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
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- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
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- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
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- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
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- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
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- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
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- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
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- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
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- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
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- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
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- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
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- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
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- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-20-1) `passage`
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- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2421 (SCS)
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- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14) `passage`
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- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.96. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73077eb1-799c-4007-9f5d-939ca9ed26f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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