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type: "Bill"
title: "Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00."
description: "Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 15"
citation: "New Jersey A 15 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVT", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Egan, Joseph V.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cc9b3bb-025a-4b06-9e7a-b516c2a467a0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c8cd19f0ec791106b37cf8bed897dfb8d3a50250bc7e2aea89e13d7bcdc4f817"
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 A 15 (218) — Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A0500/15_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A0500/15_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A0500/15_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **5225** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **2316** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **74** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **63** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **5223** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Egan, Joseph V. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To As (Wirths)
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Pintor Marin) (52-23-0)
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (52-25-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S15
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-16) `passage`
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.32. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cc9b3bb-025a-4b06-9e7a-b516c2a467a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).