---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide transparency of tuition and fees to prospective and current students."
description: "Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide transparency of tuition and fees to prospective and current students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 1877"
citation: "New Jersey S 1877 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Pou, Nellie", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c664ecd1-2961-4874-a3c7-f991c9b87073"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "684e31f35417a58989328a0dabc9653b28c8e2ec9ca91f887991ab22e82db69f"
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 1877 (219) — Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide transparency of tuition and fees to prospective and current students.

## 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/S2000/1877_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3872
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.211. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c664ecd1-2961-4874-a3c7-f991c9b87073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).