---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid."
description: "Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2055"
citation: "New Jersey S 2055 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "EDUC FINANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a0ad5717de08ed3cfc59f14d84e3e0981b1dce15a0c9d3202b337c53b531f618"
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 2055 (218) — Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.

## 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/2018/Bills/S2500/2055_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2500/2055_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **41–27** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **46–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-10) `passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3722 (1R)
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (DeCroce)
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (46-22-0) (Greenwald)
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (41-27-1) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.282. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).