republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-1669.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	Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*	Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 1669	New Jersey A 1669 (221)	bill	TEACHERS	enacted	Bagolie, Rosaura Beach, James Lampitt, Pamela R. Lopez, Yvonne Turner, Shirley K.	2	11	5	2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5d392539-fed4-40d3-94b8-7df2e7998894	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	038ca486e175653f2b9a559cd8860d6cd0619482749c622c9f8356e510d82593	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1669 (221) — Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint Senate 5/13/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 75–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bagolie, Rosaura — primary (person)
• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
• Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
• Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-2-0) passage
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee referral-committee
• 2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1287 (1R)
• 2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-2) passage
• 2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-0) passage
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2024, c.26. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d392539-fed4-40d3-94b8-7df2e7998894. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).