---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*"
description: "Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4161"
citation: "New Jersey A 4161 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drulis, Mitchelle", "Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "Katz, Andrea", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc9fe95-ddc8-48ad-b23c-3a9c22a8833f"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "5fa662294e2537e7a63c4bfe8d05a52d236245bcb32ab1a602f956b7b23db408"
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 4161 (221) — Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AAP 4/11/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4161_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4161_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute SBA 5/9/24 1R ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4161_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **52–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **49–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- TABLE MOTION — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **43–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To As (Rumpf)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table As (43-24-0) (Wimberly)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (52-20-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3081 (SCS)
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (O'Scanlon)
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (22-13) (Ruiz)
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-9) `passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (49-22-1) `passage`
- **2024-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.13. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc9fe95-ddc8-48ad-b23c-3a9c22a8833f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).