republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-2644.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	Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*	Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 2644	New Jersey S 2644 (221)	bill	CURRICULA SCH BOARDS	enacted	Gopal, Vin Lampitt, Pamela R. Morales, Carmen Theresa Pintor Marin, Eliana Quijano, Annette Ruiz, M. Teresa	2	9	4	2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00	2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7cb27020-e2ad-4ac4-8716-c4da16ca287c	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	6ada4bc2967033081927184abba3bd6ced0f311380b440b5f34345802caf1b4d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2644 (221) — Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate Committee Substitute SED 6/20/24 S2645 S2646 SCS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
• Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2024-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4303/4304/4308 (ACS)
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) passage
• 2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2024, c.52. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cb27020-e2ad-4ac4-8716-c4da16ca287c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).