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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act\"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*"
+description: "\"New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act\"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 3164"
+citation: "New Jersey S 3164 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR", "TRANSPORT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Murphy, Carol A."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc407e5-e72c-44f8-9570-d1cb484ecc38"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "2ba911d13a2af1bf791700858b060a8379e75e099d06edd83f5331000ce156f5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 3164 (218) — "New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3164_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3164_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
+- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4689 (2R)
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-1) `passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.137. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dc407e5-e72c-44f8-9570-d1cb484ecc38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+