republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-278.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 certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*	Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 278	New Jersey S 278 (219)	bill	EDUC FINANCE VETERANS	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Danielsen, Joe DeAngelo, Wayne P. Kean, Thomas H. Stanley, Sterley S.	2	11	6	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3c0428d3-2466-42df-ae9b-0f437372251a	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	10fce4c0a8e011b0ace488c11485d8d00a8b4053a5565daa2418415e8ee0b78b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 278 (219) — Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*

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 — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3807
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2021-07-22T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.174. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c0428d3-2466-42df-ae9b-0f437372251a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).