---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlines identification of employee misclassification."
description: "Streamlines identification of employee misclassification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5892"
citation: "New Jersey A 5892 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lagana, Joseph A.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
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/ecd92fa9-3277-45e6-93b3-ccbf7c53c194"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f43762df82252da9ef4a23c9e6ab431d5616d04d229894061d8a149bcf0a116b"
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 5892 (219) — Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.

## 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/A9999/5892_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **48–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — 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 (48-22-2) `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 S3922
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (26-9) `passage`
- **2021-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.167. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecd92fa9-3277-45e6-93b3-ccbf7c53c194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).