---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll."
description: "Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2347"
citation: "New Jersey S 2347 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITI", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Giblin, Thomas P.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Spencer, L. Grace"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83b013de-259b-47da-aab6-47ed3353a0bf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c584d6038995af77bb0070fa77accf10b5a3bf47f4244c86028b500de0cb052e"
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 2347 (217) — Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.

## 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/2016/Bills/S2500/2347_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2347_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **46–30** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–9** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-9) `passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3723
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-30-1) `passage`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (28-9)
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-9) `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-25-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.35. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83b013de-259b-47da-aab6-47ed3353a0bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).