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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances."
+description: "Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 985"
+citation: "New Jersey S 985 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Moen, William F.", "Singleton, Troy", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "446950bdd3a8e77de5b2b662ca0958d223ac13749b0e2b163c687c4fac36c712"
+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 985 (219) — Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.
+
+## 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/S1000/985_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-1) `passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3789
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-0) `passage`
+- **2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.223. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+