republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-3438.md

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Bill	Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.	Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 3438	New Jersey A 3438 (217)	bill	UNEMPL COMP	enacted	Beach, James Danielsen, Joe DeAngelo, Wayne P. Downey, Joann Holley, Jamel C. Houghtaling, Eric Quijano, Annette Turner, Shirley K. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	9	3	2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/959bc218-9d72-4429-a690-59c15047c855	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	d17702ce2cb627c8735ca54b6b5722bf87227b63c15d42638d6f037b26f6e6d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3438 (217) — Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Egan, Joseph V. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (66-4-0) passage
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1564 (1R)
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.163. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/959bc218-9d72-4429-a690-59c15047c855. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).