republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1668.md

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Bill	Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.	Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1668	New Jersey A 1668 (217)	bill	COMMISSIONS HIGHER ED	enacted	Downey, Joann Giblin, Thomas P. Jasey, Mila M. Johnson, Gordon M. Kean, Thomas H. Schaer, Gary S. Wimberly, Benjie E. Zwicker, Andrew	2	11	5	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ff2d3ada-d046-4601-b45e-7073782c310f	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3404a9904361cb28218cc9fdf055ed49f552ce6f2ca9af2f4e160bc68a160dbd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1668 (217) — Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 68–4 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported without recommendation out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (McKeon) amendment-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (68-4-7) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S354 (1R)
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.17. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff2d3ada-d046-4601-b45e-7073782c310f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).