---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities."
description: "Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 1937"
citation: "New Jersey S 1937 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "STATE DEPTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Madden, Fred H.", "Mejia, Pedro", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af66e5f8-f272-4f7f-afa7-2d613eea93d7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c458c2ea1a814ff31bd05ec967e3710fe552eea39620e0220d50cb085eb251da"
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 1937 (219) — Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People 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/2020/Bills/S2000/1937_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2000/1937_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (27-0) (Madden) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1597 (1R)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.84. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af66e5f8-f272-4f7f-afa7-2d613eea93d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).