---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges."
description: "Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4410"
citation: "New Jersey A 4410 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063ccff2-5327-4494-ad4b-09456dc98968"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7f59001bc6d623ee666f658c7718a6a0d11993e983516b091f68405b262b558d"
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 4410 (219) — Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges.

## 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/A4500/4410_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4410_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **49–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **52–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (52-18-4) `passage`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2743 (2R)
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (26-6) `passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (49-20-6) `passage`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.26. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/063ccff2-5327-4494-ad4b-09456dc98968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).