republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-970.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	Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*	Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 970	New Jersey A 970 (219)	bill	ED HEALTH MENTAL HEALT	enacted	Conaway, Herb Lampitt, Pamela R. Murphy, Carol A. Ruiz, M. Teresa Singleton, Troy	3	15	8	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c6204adc-1977-45b0-b7c4-1326b5fcfec6	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	6790f437371f40ceb0b890ff430f5c324b8535fffb51d03263d286ed09d20b67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 970 (219) — Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint of Substitute (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 65–8 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 59–10 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 22–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Health Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (59-10-5) passage
• 2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
• 2020-08-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-08-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (22-0) (Singleton) amendment-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2259 (SCS/1R)
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (33-3) passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-8-3) passage
• 2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.237. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6204adc-1977-45b0-b7c4-1326b5fcfec6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).