republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-879.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	Prohibits termination of law enforcement officer or firefighter based upon determination that officer or firefighter is physically unable to perform duty under certain circumstances.*	Prohibits termination of law enforcement officer or firefighter based upon determination that officer or firefighter is physically unable to perform duty under certain circumstances.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 879	New Jersey S 879 (217)	bill	POLICE	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Benson, Daniel R. Greenstein, Linda R. Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	11	6	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a77e441a-1db5-4e03-aecb-4524716bb6ea	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	875b5bbfba4c0fbf61859833dfcb3c6501d67d7c33d6b04175b1e54ad2704194	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 879 (217) — Prohibits termination of law enforcement officer or firefighter based upon determination that officer or firefighter is physically unable to perform duty under certain circumstances.*

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 — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• AMEND — 28–0 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — 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 Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (28-0) (Greenstein) amendment-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4237 (1R)
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (77-0-0) passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.3. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a77e441a-1db5-4e03-aecb-4524716bb6ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).