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New Jersey · 2026-2027 Regular Session · Bill

A 1583: Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1583 is a bill introduced in the New Jersey House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. Primary sponsor: Sean Kean (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2026): Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sean KeanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Linda CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
John DiMaioCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Aura DunnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Dawn FantasiaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Vicky FlynnCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Mike InganamortCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Ellen ParkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
Verlina Reynolds-JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Gerry ScharfenbergerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Bill SpearmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source