l9n/ New Jersey

2022–2023 Session

Assembly Bill 5416

Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.

Became P.L.2023, c.327, on January 16, 2024.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the General Assembly

4 co-sponsors

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Yvonne Lopez, Mila M. Jasey, Craig J. Coughlin

In the Senate

5 co-sponsors

Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Jean Stanfield, Vin Gopal, Nellie Pou, M. Teresa Ruiz

Its course

May 8, 2023 to January 16, 2024, 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 action16 actions on 9 days

In the General AssemblyMay 8 to May 2517 days

EducationMay 8 to May 113 days

In the SenateMay 25 to Dec 21210 days

EducationJun 1 to Nov 27179 days

Back in the General AssemblyDec 21 to Dec 210 days

With the GovernorDec 21 to Jan 818 days

After the vetoJan 8 to Jan 168 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 11

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Nov 27

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Dec 11

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 May 8 – May 25

  1. Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Education
  2. Education recommended it as amended
  3. Read a second time
  4. Passed the General Assembly, 74 to 1

In the Senate Jun 1 – Dec 21

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Education
  3. Education recommended it as amended
  4. Read a second time
  5. Amended on the floor and read a second time
  6. Passed the Senate, 32 to 0

Back in the General Assembly Dec 21

  1. Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
  2. Passed the General Assembly, 66 to 1, and so both houses

To the Governor Jan 8, 2024

  1. Returned with changes by the Governor

After the veto Jan 8, 2024 – Jan 16, 2024

  1. The General Assembly agreed to the Governor's changes, 71 to 0
  2. The Senate agreed to the Governor's changes, 34 to 0
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Became P.L.2023, c.327
All 16 actions, as published