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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*"
+description: "Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 961"
+citation: "New Jersey S 961 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Singleton, Troy", "Verrelli, Anthony S.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aab453c-77b0-4132-8c12-244df1a47e47"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "b1aa6dad9027e4ebb47673c0f54da45342a0c3a845cdc3b26bd346b2727d8a33"
+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 961 (219) — Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*
+
+## 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/S1000/961_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/961_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMEND — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+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`
+- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (32-0) (Singleton) `amendment-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`
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3805
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.176. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aab453c-77b0-4132-8c12-244df1a47e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+