---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises certain sections of law concerning financing mechanisms for school facilities projects of regular operating districts."
description: "Revises certain sections of law concerning financing mechanisms for school facilities projects of regular operating districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4533"
citation: "New Jersey A 4533 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "SCH FACILITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Speight, Shanique", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78a9105f-34ac-4544-88d2-189186fdf149"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "c95a007c5b5ae38f0796058abf2e8de552f56227ad0e89ad478d2109307974ce"
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 4533 (221) — Revises certain sections of law concerning financing mechanisms for school facilities projects of regular operating districts.

## 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/A5000/4533_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **67–10** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (67-10-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3421
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (28-12) `passage`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.79. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78a9105f-34ac-4544-88d2-189186fdf149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).