---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership."
description: "Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4682"
citation: "New Jersey A 4682 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danielsen, Joe", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Singleton, Troy", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bd74a50-a833-46ea-982f-c337a289724a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c5404346ff9961971dd9dda0aadc8114388351b509905f1b3f261c88d2615639"
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 4682 (220) — Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4682_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ACE 6/22/23 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4682_R3.HTM)
3. **Reprint ALA 12/8/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4682_R1.HTM)
4. **Reprint Assembly 3/30/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4682_R2.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Wimberly) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (43-33-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2389 (3R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (21-14) `passage`
- **2023-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.128. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bd74a50-a833-46ea-982f-c337a289724a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).