---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances."
description: "Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 985"
citation: "New Jersey S 985 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Moen, William F.", "Singleton, Troy", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "446950bdd3a8e77de5b2b662ca0958d223ac13749b0e2b163c687c4fac36c712"
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 985 (219) — Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.

## 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/S1000/985_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-1) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3789
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.223. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).