republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-806.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	Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.	Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 806	New Jersey S 806 (219)	bill	EDUC FINANCE HIGHER ED	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Giblin, Thomas P. Jasey, Mila M. Pou, Nellie Timberlake, Britnee N.	1	11	5	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5bcde831-7ffa-4811-aef9-eae5307625d2	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	68cf23400de26c5ce839a8cae5ade718be8b6c2d6b439cb032c03fd9fc30d5c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 806 (219) — Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — 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, 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 Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred 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 Substituted for A895
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.81. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bcde831-7ffa-4811-aef9-eae5307625d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).