---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring."
description: "Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 368"
citation: "New Jersey S 368 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Swain, Lisa", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dad9f1f-b0e4-4b63-8152-22bccbd20fc7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c251ba7a4af2ec615cf81993f66b4aabcd2cbe05cc5f520fb24cf5b2f29bb840"
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 368 (218) — Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring.

## 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/S0500/368_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — 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 Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4817
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.76. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dad9f1f-b0e4-4b63-8152-22bccbd20fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).