republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1265.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	Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.	Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1265	New Jersey S 1265 (218)	bill	HIGHER ED	enacted	Cruz-Perez, Nilsa Jasey, Mila M. Pinkin, Nancy J. Singer, Robert W. Turner, Shirley K.	1	7	3	2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00	2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e8e0dfe7-9bfd-485d-9442-a22f79f3a408	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3a92fc4606be18cd3afc2603646a50a582f7f47eb1ba8ff103315b13f7e8ca9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1265 (218) — Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading introduction
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3634 (1R)
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-3) passage
• 2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.93. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8e0dfe7-9bfd-485d-9442-a22f79f3a408. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).