---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires early retirement incentive offer before public safety department layoffs in municipalities in need of stabilization and recovery.*"
description: "Requires early retirement incentive offer before public safety department layoffs in municipalities in need of stabilization and recovery.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3311"
citation: "New Jersey S 3311 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL OFFICE", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzeo, Vincent", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439c84fc-127e-48d7-a14f-3f6997204be0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "735bf46ae4bc4414748677ecec2eda9daa3389e6242aba061be8a6cccac9592b"
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 3311 (217) — Requires early retirement incentive offer before public safety department layoffs in municipalities in need of stabilization and recovery.*

## 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/S3500/3311_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3500/3311_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (25-0) (Sweeney) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-12) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4840 (2R)
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Schepisi)
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (42-24-0) (Greenwald)
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (47-19-2) `passage`
- **2017-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.232. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439c84fc-127e-48d7-a14f-3f6997204be0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).