Became P.L.2025, c.227, on January 12, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 1997
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
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 9
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 28
12 co-sponsors
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Annette Quijano, Sterley S. Stanley, Roy Freiman, Michele Matsikoudis, Pamela R. Lampitt, Robert J. Karabinchak, Yvonne Lopez, William B. Sampson IV, Victoria A. Flynn, Gabriel Rodriguez, Dawn Fantasia
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 18, 2025
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 18, 2025
3 co-sponsors
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 12, 2026, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading77–0
Passed · Oct 28
Education5–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 5, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Kristin M. Corrado, Owen Henry, Shirley K. Turner, Vin Gopal
Senate, third reading38–0
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
General Assembly, third reading74–0
Passed · Dec 22, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 5, 2025
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 9 – Oct 28
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Education
- Sep 19Education recommended it
- Read a second time
- Oct 28Passed the General Assembly, 77 to 0
In the Senate Dec 5 – Dec 18, 2025
- Dec 5Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Education
- Jun 5, 2025Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 38 to 0
Back in the General Assembly Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 74 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.227