---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims."
description: "Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 121"
citation: "New Jersey S 121 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bramnick, Jon M.", "Gill, Nia H.", "McKeon, John F.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c52fe5-9a70-4965-ba9a-712d185cbac7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6384c8a4358e572f7444a241dead8f41c16ba768d3f702abb25174c5517c3ff3"
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 121 (218) — Bars provisions in employment contracts that waive rights or remedies; bars agreements that conceal details relating to discrimination claims.

## 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/S0500/121_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/121_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-1) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1242 (2R)
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (DePhillips)
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-23-0)
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (68-3-5) `passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.39. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3c52fe5-9a70-4965-ba9a-712d185cbac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).