---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act\"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*"
description: "\"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act\"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4134"
citation: "New Jersey A 4134 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singleton, Troy", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53169f96-bc10-4b1b-9f66-c8286b820b8e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "54e60e2fbc5d434ef44bbdd4d012355513fb17101ce4fa7ecb14519c4012d793"
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 4134 (218) — "New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*

## 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/2018/Bills/A4500/4134_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4500/4134_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **54–20** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–24** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Bucco)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-26-0)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-24-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2891 (2R)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-6) `passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-20-1) `passage`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.56. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53169f96-bc10-4b1b-9f66-c8286b820b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).