---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases annual salary of Governor's cabinet officers, judges, county prosecutors, and certain other public employees.*"
description: "Increases annual salary of Governor's cabinet officers, judges, county prosecutors, and certain other public employees.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1229"
citation: "New Jersey S 1229 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "JUDGES", "PROSECUTORS", "PUB EMPLOYEE", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed07807-b8fc-4644-a2ec-676b540ad6c0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6716312fc2d0003970cb9a2dac25f78d6c64127c171760fb2ab26298540fb8ab"
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 1229 (218) — Increases annual salary of Governor's cabinet officers, judges, county prosecutors, and certain other public employees.*

## 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/S1500/1229_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1500/1229_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **45–23** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **23–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (29-0) (Sweeney) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-14) `passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3685 (1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-23-1) `passage`
- **2018-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.14. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed07807-b8fc-4644-a2ec-676b540ad6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).