Back in the Senate since September 24, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Senate Bill 1340
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
4 co-sponsors
Angela V. McKnight, James Beach, Gordon M. Johnson, M. Teresa Ruiz
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Sep 24
Chief co-sponsors from Sep 24
Its course
January 13 to September 28, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading36–0
Passed · May 28
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Benjie E. Wimberly, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nicholas P. Scutari, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Andrew Zwicker, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry
Education6–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 15
Who voted how
Yea Alexander Schnall, Erik K. Simonsen, Katie Brennan, Michael Venezia, Rosaura Bagolie, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
Not voting Dawn Fantasia
General Assembly, third reading71–0
Passed · Sep 24 · 1 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 15
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 13 – May 28
- Jan 13Introduced in the Senate and sent to Education
- May 11Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- May 28Passed the Senate, 36 to 0
In the General Assembly May 28 – Sep 24
- May 28Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Education
- Jun 15Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sep 24Passed the General Assembly, 71 to 0
Back in the Senate Sep 28
- Sep 28Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes