---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act\"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*"
description: "\"New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act\"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3164"
citation: "New Jersey S 3164 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "TRANSPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Murphy, Carol A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc407e5-e72c-44f8-9570-d1cb484ecc38"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2ba911d13a2af1bf791700858b060a8379e75e099d06edd83f5331000ce156f5"
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 3164 (218) — "New Jersey Transit Corporation Employee Protection Act"; prohibits NJT from asserting sovereign immunity in certain situations and subjects NJT to certain federal statutes and regulations.*

## 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/S3500/3164_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3164_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4689 (2R)
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-1) `passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.137. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dc407e5-e72c-44f8-9570-d1cb484ecc38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).