---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid."
description: "Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 960"
citation: "New Jersey S 960 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Rice, Ronald L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b0c4ca-a022-475b-b7d6-438f375d7cad"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "54dae982c0d571027a2d11719fee7cee9e268aa3d5bac87fafe87947a33c996a"
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 960 (219) — Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for 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/2020/Bills/S1000/960_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/960_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3628
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-3-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.82. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80b0c4ca-a022-475b-b7d6-438f375d7cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).