Became P.L.2021, c.32, on March 1, 2021.
2020–2021 Session
Assembly Bill 4454
Requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jul 23
Chief co-sponsor from Jul 27
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 29
13 co-sponsors
Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Angela V. McKnight, Mila M. Jasey, Pamela R. Lampitt, Benjie E. Wimberly, Yvonne Lopez, Britnee N. Timberlake, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Chris Tully, Gordon M. Johnson, Annette Quijano, Angelica M. Jimenez
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 17
Chief co-sponsors from Dec 17
2 co-sponsors
Its course
July 27, 2020 to March 1, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading52–10
Passed · Oct 29 · 10 present
Education4–2
Do pass as amended · Dec 7
Who voted how
Yea James Beach, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nellie Pou, Sandra B. Cunningham
Senate, third reading25–15
Dec 17
Senate, third reading26–13
Passed · Dec 17
General Assembly, third reading46–29
Passed · Jan 11, 2021
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 22
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 7
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jul 27 – Oct 29
- Jul 27Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Education
- Oct 22Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Oct 29Passed the General Assembly, 52 to 10
In the Senate Nov 5 – Dec 17
- Nov 5Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Education
- Dec 7Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 17Passed the Senate, 26 to 13
Back in the General Assembly Dec 17 – Jan 11, 2021
- Dec 17Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Jan 11, 2021Passed the General Assembly, 46 to 29, and so both houses
To the Governor Mar 1, 2021
- Mar 1, 2021Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2021, c.32