---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment."
description: "Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2852"
citation: "New Jersey S 2852 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "TEACHERS", "UNEMPL COMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Downey, Joann", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae5958b8-02ba-4c03-91ca-e476064a8150"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "64b57d77bf37bdde5f8b13fef204b4c86dec5ed9b5df8fc634cd5cd5dca25438"
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 2852 (219) — Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment.

## 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/S3000/2852_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4613
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-0-3) `passage`
- **2020-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.122. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae5958b8-02ba-4c03-91ca-e476064a8150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).