republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4544.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	Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.	Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4544	New Jersey A 4544 (221)	bill	HIGHER ED HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Mukherji, Raj Pintor Marin, Eliana Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Ruiz, M. Teresa Schnall, Alexander	2	13	7	2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00	2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5fe6b38e-b8fb-46ad-b6e0-436e1314a87a	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	241a72bacc8c9b889f24e4d55fa83179e336adf1e2124baff2c6abb84ef086aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4544 (221) — Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SHH 12/9/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SA — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Schnall, Alexander — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee referral-committee
• 2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3429 (1R)
• 2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) passage
• 2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.148. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fe6b38e-b8fb-46ad-b6e0-436e1314a87a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).