---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires local government units to certify compliance with certain federal hiring requirements when filing annual budgets."
description: "Requires local government units to certify compliance with certain federal hiring requirements when filing annual budgets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 678"
citation: "New Jersey S 678 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL BUDGET", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Watson, Blonnie R."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb9d7351-f99e-4ee7-bd6c-13c27537688d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c4e71a7612dc285448ff4542e95de70bb9650337c0420e1b52095c26b0f28c37"
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 678 (217) — Requires local government units to certify compliance with certain federal hiring requirements when filing annual budgets.

## 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/S1000/678_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Watson, Blonnie R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4967
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (55-18-2) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.183. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb9d7351-f99e-4ee7-bd6c-13c27537688d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).