republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-726.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.	Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 726	New Jersey S 726 (217)	bill	CIVIL RIGHTS LABOR VETERANS	enacted	Cruz-Perez, Nilsa Downey, Joann Johnson, Gordon M. Jones, Patricia Egan Mosquera, Gabriela M. Oroho, Steven V.	2	10	3	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/106216d8-97ae-45fb-bf71-3a2cdb3cc9e3	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	316eb04b32e725bf5773806cb72b04330ebe76f5fedc904111d2035886e50130	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 726 (217) — Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.

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 out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4460 (1R)
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.184. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/106216d8-97ae-45fb-bf71-3a2cdb3cc9e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).