republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2055.md

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

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	Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.	Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2055	New Jersey S 2055 (218)	bill	CORRECTIONS EDUC FINANCE	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Jasey, Mila M. Jones, Patricia Egan Ruiz, M. Teresa Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	14	7	2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a0ad5717de08ed3cfc59f14d84e3e0981b1dce15a0c9d3202b337c53b531f618	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2055 (218) — Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.

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 out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 41–27 (pass) · lower
• MOTION TAB MOTION — 46–22 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 27–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (27-10) passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3722 (1R)
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Aa (DeCroce)
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (46-22-0) (Greenwald)
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (41-27-1) passage
• 2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.282. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a18a308b-1a2a-480d-8e0f-dc4a6f973bc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).