Became P.L.2021, c.76, on May 5, 2021.
2020–2021 Session
Assembly Bill 1070
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop guidance for institutions of higher education to identify cultural barriers in recruitment and retention of underrepresented students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 14
Chief co-sponsor from Aug 27
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Feb 19, 2021
Chief co-sponsor from Feb 19, 2021
Its course
January 14, 2020 to May 5, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 7 days
In the General AssemblyJan 14 to Aug 27226 days
Science, Innovation and TechnologyJan 14 to Aug 10209 days
In the SenateAug 27 to Feb 19176 days
Higher EducationSep 17 to Oct 1932 days
With the GovernorFeb 19 to May 575 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading78–0
Passed · Aug 27
Do pass · Oct 19
Who voted how
Yea Chris A. Brown, M. Teresa Ruiz, Sandra B. Cunningham, Thomas H. Kean Jr., Vin Gopal
Senate, third reading35–0
Passed · Feb 19, 2021
Who voted how
Yea Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Chris A. Brown, Christopher Bateman, Christopher J. Connors, Dawn Marie Addiego, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Fred H. Madden Jr., James W. Holzapfel, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, Loretta Weinberg, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael J. Doherty, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nia H. Gill Esq., Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Richard J. Codey, Robert W. Singer, Ronald L. Rice, Samuel D. Thompson, Sandra B. Cunningham, Shirley K. Turner, Stephen M. Sweeney, Steven V. Oroho, Thomas H. Kean Jr., Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal
Not voting Anthony M. Bucco, Gerald Cardinale, James Beach, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Paul A. Sarlo
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 14 – Aug 27
- Jan 14Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Science, Innovation and Technology
- Aug 10Science, Innovation and Technology recommended it
- Read a second time
- Aug 27Passed the General Assembly, 78 to 0
In the Senate Sep 17 – Feb 19, 2021
- Sep 17Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Higher Education
- Oct 19Higher Education recommended it
- Read a second time
- Feb 19, 2021Passed the Senate, 35 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor May 5, 2021
- May 5, 2021Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2021, c.76