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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid."
+description: "Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 2055"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2055 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "EDUC FINANCE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "a0ad5717de08ed3cfc59f14d84e3e0981b1dce15a0c9d3202b337c53b531f618"
+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 S 2055 (218) — Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.
+
+## 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/S2500/2055_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2500/2055_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–4** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **41–27** (pass) · lower
+- MOTION TAB MOTION — **46–22** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
+- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-10) `passage`
+- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3722 (1R)
+- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (DeCroce)
+- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (46-22-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (41-27-1) `passage`
+- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.282. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+