republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-4969.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Establishes Montclair State University as public research university.	Establishes Montclair State University as public research university.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 4969	New Jersey A 4969 (217)	bill	HIGHER ED	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Giblin, Thomas P. Gill, Nia H. Jasey, Mila M. McKnight, Angela V. Oliver, Sheila Y. Schaer, Gary S. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	8	2	2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b46127c7-11ed-4e18-aa9a-a662b0823b69	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	7ab2cb200bbf56abe600a28e4c0c589680aeaa7f81196b5239728434a36a17df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4969 (217) — Establishes Montclair State University as public research university.

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

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3281 (1R)
• 2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.178. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b46127c7-11ed-4e18-aa9a-a662b0823b69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).