republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2578.md

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Bill	Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.	Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2578	New Jersey S 2578 (217)	bill	EDUC FINANCE	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Cunningham, Sandra B. Downey, Joann Gordon, Robert M. Jasey, Mila M. Mukherji, Raj Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Pou, Nellie Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	14	6	2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fe472ab9-9274-4620-889c-08a2582f798a	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4cee64490a945958bf3ebcd240b4ef8bda4554f13efb02aa9c1b57d2d39184ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2578 (217) — Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.

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 favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• EMERGENCY — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• AMEND — 33–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, 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
• 2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (33-0) (Singer) amendment-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Emergency Resolution (36-0) (Cunningham)
• 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 Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4239 (1R)
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.198. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe472ab9-9274-4620-889c-08a2582f798a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).