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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities."
+description: "Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 973"
+citation: "New Jersey S 973 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DISABLED", "LABOR", "MINORITY", "WOMEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singleton, Troy", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53811e60-b5ac-4520-9481-d2e7ac481bab"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "42caeebbd16edbd8d3ca891443c10e48bf5ca31269076066042353c4e973b910"
+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 973 (219) — Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
+
+## 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/S1000/973_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1408
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.58. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53811e60-b5ac-4520-9481-d2e7ac481bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+