republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2355.md

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Bill	Prohibits public institution of higher education from using State funds in excess of $10,000 to pay fee of commencement and other speakers.*	Prohibits public institution of higher education from using State funds in excess of $10,000 to pay fee of commencement and other speakers.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2355	New Jersey S 2355 (217)	bill	HIGHER ED	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. DiMaio, John Diegnan, Patrick J.	2	8	3	2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00	2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d063cbac-a399-4694-b81a-cad2127dc8cb	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	670aa0f592ae345daf3f6e38f2f4308b3afde739e8850bddd2983763621b0839	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2355 (217) — Prohibits public institution of higher education from using State funds in excess of $10,000 to pay fee of commencement and other speakers.*

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 — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• DiMaio, John — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A714 (1R)
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.61. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d063cbac-a399-4694-b81a-cad2127dc8cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).