republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1474.md

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Bill	Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.	Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1474	New Jersey S 1474 (217)	bill	MENTAL HEALT SCH BOARDS TEACHERS	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Caride, Marlene McKnight, Angela V. Pintor Marin, Eliana Ruiz, M. Teresa Sumter, Shavonda E. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	9	5	2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1cafc994-e709-4459-b91a-1843e646ea6e	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	931491e73681e14d38562a346f76a572a99e74edddc552e33400ba6d9a18c8ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1474 (217) — Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.

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 — 77–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• AMEND — 26–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-09-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (26-0) (Beach) amendment-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2786 (1R)
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2007, c.6. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cafc994-e709-4459-b91a-1843e646ea6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).