---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides resident tuition rate to certain non-resident dependent children of United States military personnel attending public institutions of higher education."
description: "Provides resident tuition rate to certain non-resident dependent children of United States military personnel attending public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 275"
citation: "New Jersey S 275 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, P. Christopher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064941af-7e77-4727-bdfa-5d3ef975f718"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "097b673277103f1a5650dbdd7755531540ee81d5a4947c51e685e2377bb9c89a"
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 275 (219) — Provides resident tuition rate to certain non-resident dependent children of United States military personnel attending public institutions of higher education.

## 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/S0500/275_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2142
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.49. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/064941af-7e77-4727-bdfa-5d3ef975f718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).