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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury."
+description: "Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 2617"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2617 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR", "LOCAL OFFICE", "STATE OFFICE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Gopal, Vin", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f024f4b4-647c-4a92-a191-98729f270d0b"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "67cb4c9a941bb35e1414b58dc6f7eee1679b08dcae4ea1c4b25d3d923b9d926a"
+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 A 2617 (219) — Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A3000/2617_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A3000/2617_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–2** (pass) · upper
+- AMEND — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN SA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (25-0) (Lagana) `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2998 (1R)
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-2) `passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.228. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f024f4b4-647c-4a92-a191-98729f270d0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+