republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-793.md

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Bill	Prohibits president or other employee of public institution of higher education from taking final action on purchase of property unless prior notice is provided to institution's governing board and general counsel and board approves action.**	Prohibits president or other employee of public institution of higher education from taking final action on purchase of property unless prior notice is provided to institution's governing board and general counsel and board approves action.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 793	New Jersey S 793 (217)	bill	HIGHER ED PROPERTY	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Jasey, Mila M. Sarlo, Paul A.	2	11	5	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/44a60b2b-529c-4adc-962f-7ed28dcb11cd	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	b20ceb0af819e484dd7df1157df647a99b624c6671c07e6c87714d7ae10f19bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 793 (217) — Prohibits president or other employee of public institution of higher education from taking final action on purchase of property unless prior notice is provided to institution's governing board and general counsel and board approves action.**

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 — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• AMEND — 31–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (31-0) (Sarlo) amendment-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+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, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4474
• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-1) passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.30. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44a60b2b-529c-4adc-962f-7ed28dcb11cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).