---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year."
description: "Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3941"
citation: "New Jersey S 3941 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Gopal, Vin", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9851d7fa-750e-4a4b-8631-bd98f36e2708"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cdc33a01866ba58def9a90e9f5adfb31074d71a40bf5b6769252438eaba1e5ae"
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 3941 (220) — Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.

## 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/2022/S4000/3941_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5590
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-7-1) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.70. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9851d7fa-750e-4a4b-8631-bd98f36e2708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).