---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*"
description: "Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2869"
citation: "New Jersey S 2869 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "IMMIGRATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collazos-Gill, Alixon", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-08-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a356ac4-e93a-4948-9532-75b91acc2ff8"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "ef4cbcc635c906973d99e11f91ddb6d48bd55d7017c8234dcd183a82a6639d48"
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 2869 (221) — Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*

## 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/S3000/2869_I1.HTM)
2. **Senate Substitute Senate 5/13/24 SS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2869_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE SUBSTITUTE — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–4** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — 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`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitution (27-3) (Ruiz)
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `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 A4081 (ACS)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-4-3) `passage`
- **2024-08-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.51. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a356ac4-e93a-4948-9532-75b91acc2ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).