Became P.L.2023, c.289, on January 16, 2024.
2022–2023 Session
Senate Bill 4209
Eliminates vote on school budgets for Type II school districts in April elections, except for separate proposals to spend above cap.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 4
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 8, 2024
1 co-sponsor
Its course
December 7, 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 action9 actions on 6 days
In the SenateDec 7 to Jan 832 days
EducationDec 7 to Dec 147 days
Budget and AppropriationsJan 2 to Jan 42 days
In the General AssemblyJan 8 to Jan 80 days
With the GovernorJan 8 to Jan 168 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading21–13
Passed · Jan 8, 2024
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Richard J. Codey, Samuel D. Thompson, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Nay Anthony M. Bucco, Christopher J. Connors, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Edward Durr, Holly T. Schepisi, James W. Holzapfel, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Michael L. Testa Jr., Robert W. Singer, Steven V. Oroho
Not voting James Beach, Jean Stanfield, Nellie Pou, Nia H. Gill Esq., Sandra B. Cunningham, Shirley K. Turner
General Assembly, third reading57–18
Passed · Jan 8, 2024
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Antwan L. McClellan, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Brandon E. Umba, Brian Bergen, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Edward H. Thomson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gary S. Schaer, Herb Conaway Jr., Jacqueline S. Yustein, James J. Kennedy, Joe Danielsen, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kevin J. Rooney, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Pamela R. Lampitt, Paul D. Moriarty, Pedro Mejia, Raj Mukherji, Reginald W. Atkins, Robert Auth, Robert J. Karabinchak, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Tennille R. McCoy, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William F. Moen Jr., William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Nay Alex Sauickie, Aura K. Dunn, Brian E. Rumpf, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, Donald A. Guardian, Erik Peterson, Gerry Scharfenberger, Gregory P. McGuckin, Harold J. Wirths, Jay Webber, John Catalano, John DiMaio, Michael Torrissi Jr., Nancy F. Muñoz, Parker Space
Not voting Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, DiAnne C. Gove, Robert D. Clifton, Sean T. Kean, Victoria A. Flynn
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 14
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 4, 2024
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 Senate Dec 7 – Jan 8, 2024
- Dec 7Introduced in the Senate and sent to Education
- Dec 14Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 2, 2024Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jan 4, 2024Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 8, 2024Passed the Senate, 21 to 13
In the General Assembly Jan 8, 2024
- Jan 8, 2024Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 57 to 18, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 16, 2024
- Jan 16, 2024Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.289