Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Nov 2022
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2022
Signed into Law
Dec 2022
Introduced Jan 27, 2022
Signed Dec 16, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
Mar 24, 2022
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican11
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Dec 16, 2022
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2022, c.129.
executive
Dec 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0)
lower
Nov 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-0)
upper
Sep 22, 2022
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate
upper
Jun 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
upper
Jun 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
Jun 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 27, 2022
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
May 19, 2022
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
7 primary · 39 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
MM
Mila M. Jasey
DDemocratic
P
RR
Ralph R. Caputo
DDemocratic
P
Shirley Turner
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
AC
Annette Chaparro
DDemocratic
Co
Aura Dunn
RRepublican
Co
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Bergen
RRepublican
Co
Brian Rumpf
RRepublican
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Chris DePhillips
RRepublican
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