---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**"
description: "Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2498"
citation: "New Jersey S 2498 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71311813-7c9d-4169-ac12-462490ea0d70"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "033037b0046d521d084fe1428938f50a4e78d7f084c7eed3e3149c05c6d58aee"
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 2498 (221) — Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**

## 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/S2500/2498_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint of Substitute AAP 12/18/25 1R SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2498_R1.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Substitute SBA 10/7/24 SCS S2505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2498_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3864 (2R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-6-4) `passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.208. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71311813-7c9d-4169-ac12-462490ea0d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).