---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease."
description: "Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3848"
citation: "New Jersey A 3848 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63b90751-51b9-4a89-b11f-857e91bfe2c9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5674e836492ddc71d2573a91335df086c1e182f9232b6cd41a164a42b2c318c5"
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 A 3848 (219) — Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3848_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2301
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.9. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63b90751-51b9-4a89-b11f-857e91bfe2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).