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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State."
+description: "Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 806"
+citation: "New Jersey S 806 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bcde831-7ffa-4811-aef9-eae5307625d2"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "68cf23400de26c5ce839a8cae5ade718be8b6c2d6b439cb032c03fd9fc30d5c1"
+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 806 (219) — Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.
+
+## 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/S1000/806_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — 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, 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 Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A895
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.81. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bcde831-7ffa-4811-aef9-eae5307625d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+