---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 973"
citation: "New Jersey S 973 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DISABLED", "LABOR", "MINORITY", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singleton, Troy", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53811e60-b5ac-4520-9481-d2e7ac481bab"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "42caeebbd16edbd8d3ca891443c10e48bf5ca31269076066042353c4e973b910"
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 973 (219) — Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons 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/S1000/973_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1408
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.58. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53811e60-b5ac-4520-9481-d2e7ac481bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).