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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students."
+description: "Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4544"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4544 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "HUMAN SVCS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mukherji, Raj", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Schnall, Alexander"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe6b38e-b8fb-46ad-b6e0-436e1314a87a"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "241a72bacc8c9b889f24e4d55fa83179e336adf1e2124baff2c6abb84ef086aa"
+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 A 4544 (221) — Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4544_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint SHH 12/9/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4544_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SA — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Schnall, Alexander — primary (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3429 (1R)
+- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.148. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe6b38e-b8fb-46ad-b6e0-436e1314a87a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+