---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record."
description: "Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3306"
citation: "New Jersey S 3306 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "COURT ADMIN", "CRIMES", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Green, Jerry", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381cc1fe-41ba-410a-8492-4e99b71d745a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "33c4920814a5dc45e5981f5773ed2c31c938af77bb898e4aff0383268fe0eada"
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 3306 (217) — Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record.

## 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/S3500/3306_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3500/3306_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-7) `passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5036 (1R)
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (42-17-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.243. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/381cc1fe-41ba-410a-8492-4e99b71d745a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).