---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances."
description: "Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4400"
citation: "New Jersey S 4400 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21ebb8fe-a18a-4ebe-9809-4deca56e17c3"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "3efa1fddcdefc816e81f40a7a73fad7bbe3c52831e2b9d1cf0196dd932a6b207"
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 4400 (221) — Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances.

## 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/S4500/4400_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **66–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5547 (2R)
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-7-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.163. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21ebb8fe-a18a-4ebe-9809-4deca56e17c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).