---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises unemployment compensation law."
description: "Revises unemployment compensation law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4047"
citation: "New Jersey A 4047 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UNEMPL COMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller, Cody D.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Sampson, William B.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68cb0010-bee9-466e-8a9b-114f350a810e"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "24aed2d2e494459657ae0bd3263fc9501762f7d7473764755292f179a05ee587"
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 4047 (221) — Revises unemployment compensation law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4047_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **55–22** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Marenco, Julio — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (55-22-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2949
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-3) `passage`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.102. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68cb0010-bee9-466e-8a9b-114f350a810e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).