---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates \"Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance\" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund."
description: "Creates \"Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance\" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5891"
citation: "New Jersey A 5891 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Egan, Joseph V.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Space, Parker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/513ff0fa-e363-4703-8b35-5b1816055991"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4ff90c4f950b8f61956baf4e9c8818d5b728b98f26a8c112868fb9f784aae699"
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 5891 (219) — Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.

## 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/2020/Bills/A9999/5891_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **51–21** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Egan, Joseph V. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (51-21-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3921
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-2) `passage`
- **2021-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.166. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/513ff0fa-e363-4703-8b35-5b1816055991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).