---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances."
description: "Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4506"
citation: "New Jersey S 4506 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SPORTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calabrese, Clinton", "Drulis, Mitchelle", "Moen, William F.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Singer, Robert W."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bdd84f-b95b-446c-a21a-53c8ac34b5fe"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "bd7e37848f0db52969bdd4ed4f98e92f4897786e641486a86c30a566bdd5e300"
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 4506 (221) — Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws 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/S5000/4506_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+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`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5692
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-1-1) `passage`
- **2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.141. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1bdd84f-b95b-446c-a21a-53c8ac34b5fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).