---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides project grants under \"Securing Our Children's Fund\" for career and technical education expansion in county vocational school districts; appropriates $222,904,769."
description: "Provides project grants under \"Securing Our Children's Fund\" for career and technical education expansion in county vocational school districts; appropriates $222,904,769."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5889"
citation: "New Jersey A 5889 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a93c26-2803-4347-bd10-5b7560e2e37c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "187d7a9be09a646772d335a44c438f6f876aba4d5f03948b104c48a9ea636040"
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 5889 (219) — Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Fund" for career and technical education expansion in county vocational school districts; appropriates $222,904,769.

## 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/2020/Bills/A9999/5889_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3962
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2021-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, 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/49a93c26-2803-4347-bd10-5b7560e2e37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).