republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-960.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	Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.	Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 960	New Jersey S 960 (219)	bill	EDUC FINANCE HIGHER ED	enacted	Lopez, Yvonne Rice, Ronald L.	2	8	4	2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/80b0c4ca-a022-475b-b7d6-438f375d7cad	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	54dae982c0d571027a2d11719fee7cee9e268aa3d5bac87fafe87947a33c996a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 960 (219) — Requires parent to provide completed financial aid application to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority if parent's dependent applies to State for student financial aid.

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 — 72–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27T05:00:00+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
• 2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3628
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-3-0) passage
• 2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.82. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80b0c4ca-a022-475b-b7d6-438f375d7cad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).