republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2691.md

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Bill	Authorizes school districts to maintain surplus at four percent for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.*	Authorizes school districts to maintain surplus at four percent for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2691	New Jersey S 2691 (219)	bill	EDUC FINANCE LOC GOVT LOCAL BUDGET	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Dancer, Ronald S. Greenstein, Linda R. Houghtaling, Eric Pou, Nellie Turner, Shirley K.	2	10	5	2020-07-09T04:00:00+00:00	2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/df589f5f-af8f-44d7-bc15-72c0e0c8c8c6	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4b94cdecdaae2e7068782327abed2cd34646c5f9d32c01e8c1700cf902a23c1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2691 (219) — Authorizes school districts to maintain surplus at four percent for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.*

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 68–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (24-0) (Greenstein) amendment-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4310 (1R)
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-2-0) passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.35. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df589f5f-af8f-44d7-bc15-72c0e0c8c8c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).