republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2826.md

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Bill	Directs DOE to establish five-year pilot program for issuance of limited certificate of eligibility with advanced standing and limited certificate of eligibility for certain teacher candidates.*	Directs DOE to establish five-year pilot program for issuance of limited certificate of eligibility with advanced standing and limited certificate of eligibility for certain teacher candidates.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2826	New Jersey S 2826 (219)	bill	TEACHERS	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Lampitt, Pamela R. Quijano, Annette Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Ruiz, M. Teresa	2	9	5	2020-08-17T04:00:00+00:00	2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/73fb3efa-bb88-4d5d-adaf-c7756ef054de	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	e67bf02bd3cbb36f6fff0055656d59413b924ce2e7fe0a29c57f3c25bda18828	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2826 (219) — Directs DOE to establish five-year pilot program for issuance of limited certificate of eligibility with advanced standing and limited certificate of eligibility for certain teacher candidates.*

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) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 65–5 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-17T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (25-0) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4594 (1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-5-1) passage
• 2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.224. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73fb3efa-bb88-4d5d-adaf-c7756ef054de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).