l9n/ New Jersey

2024–2025 Session

Senate Bill 1783

Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*

Became P.L.2025, c.284, on January 19, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

5 co-sponsors

James W. Holzapfel, Britnee N. Timberlake, Benjie E. Wimberly, Renee C. Burgess, M. Teresa Ruiz

In the General Assembly

9 co-sponsors

Dawn Fantasia, Gerry Scharfenberger, Victoria A. Flynn, Erik K. Simonsen, Gregory P. McGuckin, Paul Kanitra, Linda S. Carter, William B. Sampson IV, Yvonne Lopez

Its course

January 9, 2024 to January 19, 2026, 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.

Every action9 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 9 to Jan 12734 days

EducationJan 9 to Jan 30387 days

Budget and AppropriationsJan 30 to Jan 8343 days

In the General AssemblyJan 12 to Jan 120 days

With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 197 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 8, 2026

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 Senate Jan 9 – Jan 12, 2026

  1. Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Education
  2. Jan 30, 2025Education recommended it as amended
  3. Read a second time
  4. Sent to Budget and Appropriations
  5. Jan 8, 2026Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
  6. Read a second time
  7. Jan 12, 2026Passed the Senate, 39 to 0

In the General Assembly Jan 12, 2026

  1. Jan 12, 2026Arrived in the General Assembly
  2. Read a second time
  3. Passed the General Assembly, 73 to 1, and so both houses

To the Governor Jan 19, 2026

  1. Jan 19, 2026Signed by the Governor
  2. Became P.L.2025, c.284
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 9INT 1RS REF SEDSenate
  2. Jan 30, 2025REP/SCS 2RSSenate
  3. Jan 30, 2025REF SBASenate
  4. Jan 8, 2026REP/SCA 2RSSenate
  5. Jan 12, 2026PSSenate
  6. Jan 12, 2026R/A AWR 2RAGeneral Assembly
  7. Jan 12, 2026SUB FORGeneral Assembly
  8. Jan 12, 2026PA PBHGeneral Assembly
  9. Jan 19, 2026APPGovernor