---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements."
description: "Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5417"
citation: "New Jersey A 5417 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHER ED", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c108460-7433-4d23-8092-e2fca1b01a9a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8fa631b61f7309b8013ef219d52cc3a8360bc0b824f465ad1f697ee5c5f0aabe"
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 5417 (220) — Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5417_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHI 11/20/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5417_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3890 (1R)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.251. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c108460-7433-4d23-8092-e2fca1b01a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).