{"bill":{"bill_key":"NJ-A3976-2016","title":"Requires Attorney General to provide assistance to public schools in legal proceedings related to reduction in federal aid in certain cases if school is compliant with NJ Law Against Discrimination.","side":"anti","state":"NJ","year":2016,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Requires Attorney General to provide assistance to public schools in legal proceedings related to reduction in federal aid in certain cases if school is compliant with NJ Law Agai…","notes":"State will fund legal defense of school districts against charges of non-compliance with Federal non-discrimination laws on the basis of gender identity; particularly as regards use of single sex facilities","types_str":"Trans Bathroom Ban|End Legal Recognition","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/AB3976/2016","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"Assemb. 3976, 217th Leg. (N.J. 2016), https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2016/A3976.","short":"N.J. Assemb. 3976."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Ronald Dancer","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-012","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-3081"},{"name":"Sean Kean","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-030","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-3208"},{"name":"David Rible","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":"HD-030","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-3095"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3794}]}}