Ensures student well-being during school security drills.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2021
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2021
Senate Passage
Dec 2021
Signed into Law
Jan 2022
Introduced May 17, 2021
Signed Jan 10, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Dec 20, 2021 · General Assembly Dec 20, 2021
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Dec 20, 2021
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jan 10, 2022
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.365.
executive
Dec 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0)
upper
Dec 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Dec 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 13, 2021
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
lower
5 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LW
Loretta Weinberg
DDemocratic
P
Lou Greenwald
DDemocratic
P
Pam Lampitt
DDemocratic
P
RR
Ralph R. Caputo
DDemocratic
P
Shirley Turner
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
CB
Christopher Bateman
RRepublican
Co
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
Co
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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