---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent."
description: "Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2822"
citation: "New Jersey S 2822 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKERS COMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40338474-f64f-4240-ac2b-079b306029d4"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "2d8d8d94dc33aea3b3259d4f1ef4c8ccb33f19d790dda69ebb592b2037884a2e"
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 2822 (221) — Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.

## 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/S3000/2822_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **54–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+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** Passed Senate (27-9) `passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3986
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-20-0) `passage`
- **2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.55. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40338474-f64f-4240-ac2b-079b306029d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).