---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs."
description: "Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 525"
citation: "New Jersey S 525 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sawyer, Beth", "Singleton, Troy", "Umba, Brandon E.", "Wirths, Harold J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-08-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa9fe532-0797-4173-bbb0-eb3b204e26b5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d744b2a5b526329f2a9828697fcbd384a75405f4045999afc339a9cb80892bc3"
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 525 (220) — Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.

## 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/2022/S1000/525_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/525_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sawyer, Beth — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Umba, Brandon E. — primary (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A280 (1R)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-08-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.89. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa9fe532-0797-4173-bbb0-eb3b204e26b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).