---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.*"
description: "Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2864"
citation: "New Jersey S 2864 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lagana, Joseph A.", "Swain, Lisa", "Venezia, Michael", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c04019-c672-45b6-af42-55256ab3dccd"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "24395cbb8d0a7501bc15e4e1fac5347c350444db52cc1fb0f38d93c14e47faa8"
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 2864 (221) — Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.*

## 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/S3000/2864_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2864_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 5/13/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2864_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–6** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **68–4** (pass) · lower
- MOTION — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4061 (1R)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-6-1) `passage`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend Rule 23:4 (38-0) (Lagana)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-4-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-27T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.104. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7c04019-c672-45b6-af42-55256ab3dccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).