republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-3811.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 Kean University as public urban research university.	Establishes Kean University as public urban research university.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 3811	New Jersey S 3811 (219)	bill	HIGHER ED	enacted	Carter, Linda S. Quijano, Annette Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Scutari, Nicholas P. Sweeney, Stephen M.	2	7	3	2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00	2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/57b2d32b-f3a4-41fe-84bf-e929eb312163	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	7d49baf64c849ec52d4048e6e2cf0bc73ac5947bb93a794efc9042604cc3a58d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3811 (219) — Establishes Kean University as public urban research university.

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 — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5769 (1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) passage
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.282. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57b2d32b-f3a4-41fe-84bf-e929eb312163. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).