---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023."
description: "Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3196"
citation: "New Jersey A 3196 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5fdacd9-f48e-45c6-a23c-26b4740cb218"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8b9bb091fa40eba119fade9ec82360fe3e1755c1db6b42db2012a87c4a49c890"
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 3196 (220) — Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AED 3/10/22 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3500/3196_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3500/3196_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Connors, Christopher J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Guardian, Donald A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-1-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2349
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5fdacd9-f48e-45c6-a23c-26b4740cb218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).