republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-985.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 public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.	Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 985	New Jersey S 985 (219)	bill	EDUC FINANCE HIGHER ED	enacted	Jasey, Mila M. Moen, William F. Singleton, Troy Zwicker, Andrew	1	8	4	2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	446950bdd3a8e77de5b2b662ca0958d223ac13749b0e2b163c687c4fac36c712	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 985 (219) — Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.

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 — 75–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Moen, William F. — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-1) passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3789
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-0) passage
• 2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.223. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3dc09559-478e-4651-971e-f5535fe4351c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).