republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-3961.md

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Bill	Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*	Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 3961	New Jersey S 3961 (221)	bill	SCH BOARDS	enacted	Haider, Shama A. Karabinchak, Robert J. Morales, Carmen Theresa Ruiz, M. Teresa Scutari, Nicholas P.	3	10	5	2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00	2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4aaca9b9-78f3-4462-ba3e-797a2564f6b5	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	651daf8a00c47e0423a3a89082d90045234af96dee4ebd8888d38516f376a1fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3961 (221) — Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint AED 5/8/25 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint SED 1/30/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5263 (1R)
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.94. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4aaca9b9-78f3-4462-ba3e-797a2564f6b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).