Became P.L.2025, c.277, on January 16, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 5936
Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, charter management organizations, and education management organizations.*
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 Jun 30
Chief co-sponsor from Jul 24
Chief co-sponsor from Nov 13
4 co-sponsors
Anthony S. Verrelli, Gabriel Rodriguez, Joe Danielsen, Margie Donlon M.D.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
3 co-sponsors
Shirley K. Turner, Angela V. McKnight, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.
Its course
July 24, 2025 to January 16, 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.
Every action8 actions on 4 days
In the General AssemblyJul 24 to Jan 12172 days
EducationJul 24 to Jan 8 · moved on168 days
AppropriationsJan 8 to Jan 80 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jan 120 days
With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 164 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading72–3
Passed · Jan 12, 2026 · 1 present
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 8, 2026
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 Jul 24 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jul 24Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Education
- Jan 8, 2026Sent to Appropriations
- Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the General Assembly, 72 to 3
In the Senate Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 16, 2026
- Jan 16, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.277