---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election."
description: "Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2837"
citation: "New Jersey S 2837 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-09-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1d1b1d-758c-4f56-9116-c9aea565d0a1"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "0e8f095011f998b7741536167dbbc53f347cff3b7c5e852febd9e06d4513e8d3"
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 2837 (221) — Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election.

## 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/S3000/2837_I2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-1) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4084
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-7-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be1d1b1d-758c-4f56-9116-c9aea565d0a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).