---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities."
description: "Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "SJR 68"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 68 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "DISABLED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caride, Marlene", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-08-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd0de832-bec6-4eb3-9dc2-f8cd81555e7f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "05ff724470cca8c9d79c9d85e4f2327e6736bab961d570704d3e161384f50f72"
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 SJR 68 (217) — Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities.

## 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/SJR/68_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- EMERGENCY — **74–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR110
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (74-2-0) (Mazzeo)
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-2) `passage`
- **2016-08-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, JR-4. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd0de832-bec6-4eb3-9dc2-f8cd81555e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).