---
type: "Bill"
title: "Codifies donated leave program for State employees in career, senior executive, and unclassified service."
description: "Codifies donated leave program for State employees in career, senior executive, and unclassified service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1758"
citation: "New Jersey S 1758 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUB EMP BENE", "PUB EMPLOYEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b2e8719-68e3-4ed9-8cdc-736bb219b912"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "623e8d4d45fe128e8962b40633d9c7d3c7cfb51d330da350fc8fc42f2b1e4ebf"
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 1758 (218) — Codifies donated leave program for State employees in career, senior executive, and unclassified service.

## 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/2018/Bills/S2000/1758_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1758_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT GR — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A346
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.129. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b2e8719-68e3-4ed9-8cdc-736bb219b912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).