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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education to individuals living in NJ who are entitled to educational assistance under US Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program."
+description: "Provides in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education to individuals living in NJ who are entitled to educational assistance under US Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 5390"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5390 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Mukherji, Raj", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a58e33-5be9-42ee-bad1-969e009f720c"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "fc741f60f9f352f02cfebd58fcf15e4213425bf27ba541bd14894412bb1ac92a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 5390 (218) — Provides in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education to individuals living in NJ who are entitled to educational assistance under US Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5390_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EMERGENCY — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3789
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (36-0) (Gopal)
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.264. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1a58e33-5be9-42ee-bad1-969e009f720c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+