In the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee since January 13, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Assembly Bill 978
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
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 Jan 13
Shanique Speight, Sterley S. Stanley
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 13
42 co-sponsors
Wayne P. DeAngelo, Clinton Calabrese, Joe Danielsen, Mitchelle Drulis, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Tennille R. McCoy, Rosaura Bagolie, Andrea Katz, Cody D. Miller, Gabriel Rodriguez, Heather Simmons, William W. Spearman, David Bailey Jr., Cleopatra G. Tucker, Dan Hutchison, Alexander Schnall, Chris Tully, Gary S. Schaer, Yvonne Lopez, William B. Sampson IV, Linda S. Carter, William F. Moen Jr., James J. Kennedy, Lisa Swain, Gerry Scharfenberger, Victoria A. Flynn, Michael Venezia, Melinda Kane, Al Abdelaziz, Alixon Collazos-Gill, Roy Freiman, Kenyatta Stewart, Maureen Rowan, Ed Rodriguez, Jerry Walker, Anthony Angelozzi, Marisa Sweeney, Larry Wainstein, Ravi S. Bhalla, Balvir Singh, Katie Brennan, Vincent M. Kearney
Its course
January 13 to January 13, 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.
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.