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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan."
+description: "Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 768"
+citation: "New Jersey S 768 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HIGHER ED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Danielsen, Joe", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0e10cd-e4c4-4ff1-8e46-1be527fb8a16"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "55947840a76b45593a7c23e630fcc56ee6ecda0dd4c4185650ce5f8661fff31c"
+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 768 (218) — Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan.
+
+## 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/S1000/768_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/768_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
+- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A327/1149/3254 (ACS)
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.77. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e0e10cd-e4c4-4ff1-8e46-1be527fb8a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+