republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-3424.md

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Bill	Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.	Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 3424	New Jersey A 3424 (221)	bill	TEACHERS	enacted	Matsikoudis, Michele McKnight, Angela V. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Turner, Shirley K.	2	9	5	2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2025-08-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ae038bfa-4afe-45d4-bc8e-e110965c343e	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	a3e7daa1bae33dc866eb00008e9a82b1b91e5c1a638f9066c703e2a1f0bbaa6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3424 (221) — Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint AAP 5/15/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matsikoudis, Michele — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
• Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-2-3) passage
• 2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1784 (1R)
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) passage
• 2025-08-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.133. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae038bfa-4afe-45d4-bc8e-e110965c343e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).