---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence."
description: "Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4124"
citation: "New Jersey A 4124 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIO", "PUB EMPLOYEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barclay, Arthur", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Downey, Joann", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa6f203d-0891-4609-bb07-d37e8f091c23"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "639bf0b75637da86ae696b73f47c1b08430512939c38b0a1560831404f57288c"
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 4124 (217) — Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.

## 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/2016/Bills/A4500/4124_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2907
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.272. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa6f203d-0891-4609-bb07-d37e8f091c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).