---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs."
description: "Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 699"
citation: "New Jersey S 699 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae4216e0-9239-41fa-ab62-659fd8a9906d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3c23991580693688e6d0b05ae85caee021555c98c9928ec99aff67bc614a81e3"
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 699 (218) — Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.

## 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/S1000/699_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/699_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **49–24** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-10) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3467 (1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Bramnick)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (49-24-0)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (49-24-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.12. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae4216e0-9239-41fa-ab62-659fd8a9906d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).