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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*"
+description: "Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 278"
+citation: "New Jersey S 278 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Danielsen, Joe", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c0428d3-2466-42df-ae9b-0f437372251a"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "10fce4c0a8e011b0ace488c11485d8d00a8b4053a5565daa2418415e8ee0b78b"
+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 278 (219) — Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/S0500/278_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/278_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3807
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.174. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c0428d3-2466-42df-ae9b-0f437372251a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+