---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits certain public institutions of higher education to make purchases and contract for services as participating contracting units in cooperative pricing systems and through use of nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreements."
description: "Permits certain public institutions of higher education to make purchases and contract for services as participating contracting units in cooperative pricing systems and through use of nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3405"
citation: "New Jersey A 3405 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "ST CONTRACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dd26db8-9dde-4f1d-8aa1-c06b0933e69c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4067bb9eb9bab929679751bbf6930a3ab371f0f3b100d48724bd863c84a7fca5"
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 3405 (217) — Permits certain public institutions of higher education to make purchases and contract for services as participating contracting units in cooperative pricing systems and through use of nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreements.

## 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/2016/Bills/A3500/3405_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1822
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.50. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dd26db8-9dde-4f1d-8aa1-c06b0933e69c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).