---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes grant program in DOE for public schools to purchase and install point-of-use filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.*"
description: "Establishes grant program in DOE for public schools to purchase and install point-of-use filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4632"
citation: "New Jersey S 4632 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c0676c-ef03-45d4-b3c5-c6a4770ff1d6"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "7b3ce188b81d537f9fc162ecb393728c216ea2c71220f8172b4aacb3f0baca92"
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 4632 (221) — Establishes grant program in DOE for public schools to purchase and install point-of-use filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.*

## 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/S5000/4632_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 6/26/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S5000/4632_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `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 A5812
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.76. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60c0676c-ef03-45d4-b3c5-c6a4770ff1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).