---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking."
description: "Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 356"
citation: "New Jersey S 356 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "MV REGULATIO", "TRANSPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Gopal, Vin", "Haider, Shama A.", "Spearman, William W.", "Stanfield, Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2adeb5cc-99ae-4fe3-9394-5eb28841ff07"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c5f81f8951df6ebad63f79ffa67bab23d919d717faf6134b0198d05dc2fe79f8"
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 356 (220) — Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking.

## 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/S0500/356_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3089
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.11. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2adeb5cc-99ae-4fe3-9394-5eb28841ff07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).