republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-4881.md

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Bill	Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million.*	Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 4881	New Jersey S 4881 (221)	bill	HIGHER ED	enacted	Carter, Linda S. Scutari, Nicholas P.	5	13	5	2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/740f5408-9246-43e0-b9c8-3f75c82df242	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	dda45ef5fed5012bb686f570b34c79fe5f5198ced6f75ca2ba58f546935a96fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 4881 (221) — Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint Assembly 12/22/25 4R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint SBA 12/8/25 2R (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint SHI 11/17/25 1R (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprint Senate 12/18/25 3R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 28–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 53–19 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (28-6) passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Carter) amendment-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A6212 (2R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (53-19-0) passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (31-4) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.218. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/740f5408-9246-43e0-b9c8-3f75c82df242. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).