---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits awarding of contracts for certain preschool education services by resolution of board of education; extends maximum length of preschool education services contracts to three years."
description: "Permits awarding of contracts for certain preschool education services by resolution of board of education; extends maximum length of preschool education services contracts to three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4476"
citation: "New Jersey S 4476 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Gopal, Vin", "Morales, Carmen Theresa", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dfb893e-c97e-4861-9fc5-9dd2f4e3cc37"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "0bb8792aed9a8d74cd7ce7a7e374defc80bdf8849c980c0f32c7520119d216f6"
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 4476 (221) — Permits awarding of contracts for certain preschool education services by resolution of board of education; extends maximum length of preschool education services contracts to three years.

## 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/S4500/4476_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-7) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5780
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-5-2) `passage`
- **2025-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.101. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dfb893e-c97e-4861-9fc5-9dd2f4e3cc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).