---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"High School to College Readiness Commission\" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education."
description: "Establishes \"High School to College Readiness Commission\" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4088"
citation: "New Jersey A 4088 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8928c43-3393-4dd8-babd-6d7718e88df0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8d5a3986ec4eab11930a742e083e91a4b21c4bbcc73d3ff883327c3638385923"
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 4088 (217) — Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.

## 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/A4500/4088_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4500/4088_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (31-0) (Cruz-Perez) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2567
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.170. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8928c43-3393-4dd8-babd-6d7718e88df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).