---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers."
description: "Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4515"
citation: "New Jersey S 4515 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Morales, Carmen Theresa", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Venezia, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f307dd64-4977-45ed-adca-e3ac2d0143e6"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "eb218f98190aa7aea0510bf532edf670ba265811523e01dfcbffb6c529db6a24"
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 4515 (221) — Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers.

## 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/S5000/4515_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Senate 12/18/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S5000/4515_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Abdelaziz, Al — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5824 (1R)
- **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.216. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f307dd64-4977-45ed-adca-e3ac2d0143e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).