---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*"
description: "Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 1997"
citation: "New Jersey A 1997 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "INTERNET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Venezia, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98d2d2ca-fac9-4d01-963e-4534815e9a43"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "65bbe901ff3df1c936582d49ae04d539bf3ecc41ec11091e102b72f02b6cabfa"
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 1997 (221) — Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*

## 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/2024/A2000/1997_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SED 6/5/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2000/1997_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2867 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.227. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98d2d2ca-fac9-4d01-963e-4534815e9a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).