---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees."
description: "Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2046"
citation: "New Jersey S 2046 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478939df-1528-4064-9bf2-b37dff9145a2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "85d8efe2177047d782dc0d554d5d0ff6499ad5952b93192479e1424eca6fafbd"
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 2046 (218) — Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees.

## 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/S2500/2046_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3625
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.201. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478939df-1528-4064-9bf2-b37dff9145a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).