---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down."
description: "Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3422"
citation: "New Jersey S 3422 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "STATE BUDGT", "STATE GOVT", "STATE OFFICE", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barclay, Arthur", "Bateman, Christopher", "Benson, Daniel R.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Gusciora, Reed", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/902b2f02-95a4-4233-b5c4-8fcd416b574f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4df15c858194b3f4fed858ce5efd81e779808e45699cb2d0ae002a1830e19853"
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 3422 (217) — Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.

## 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/S3500/3422_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- EMERGENCY — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (32-0) (Greenstein)
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A18
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.180. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/902b2f02-95a4-4233-b5c4-8fcd416b574f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).