2024–2025 Session

Senate Bill 3917

Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force.*

Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee on December 4, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Vin Gopal
Sponsor from Nov 18
Troy Singleton
Chief co-sponsor from May 12, 2025

1 co-sponsor

Angela V. McKnight

Its course

December 5, 2024 to December 4, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateDec 5 to Jun 30207 days

EducationDec 5 to Jan 3056 days

Budget and AppropriationsJan 30 to Jun 26147 days

In the General AssemblyJun 30 to Dec 4 · stopped157 days

EducationJul 24 to Dec 4133 days

AppropriationsDec 4 to Dec 4 · stopped0 days

Votes

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

Education3–2
Do pass as amended · Jan 30, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Shirley K. Turner, Vin Gopal
Nay Kristin M. Corrado, Owen Henry
Budget and Appropriations12–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 26, 2025 · 1 present
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, John J. Burzichelli, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess
Not voting Douglas J. Steinhardt
Senate, third reading38–1
Passed · Jun 30, 2025

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 30, 2025
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 4, 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 Senate Dec 5 – Jun 30, 2025

Dec 5Introduced in the Senate and sent to Education
Jan 30, 2025Education recommended it as amended
Read a second time
Sent to Budget and Appropriations
Jun 26, 2025Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
Read a second time
Jun 30, 2025Passed the Senate, 38 to 1

In the General Assembly Jul 24, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025

Jul 24, 2025Arrived in the General Assembly
Sent to Education
Dec 4, 2025Education recommended it as amended
Sent to Appropriations

All 7 actions, as published

Dec 5INT 1RS REF SEDSenate
Jan 30, 2025REP/SCA 2RSSenate
Jan 30, 2025REF SBASenate
Jun 26, 2025REP/SCS 2RSSenate
Jun 30, 2025PSSenate
Jul 24, 2025R/A REF AEDGeneral Assembly
Dec 4, 2025REP/ACA REF AAPGeneral Assembly