republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-2617.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	Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.	Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 2617	New Jersey A 2617 (219)	bill	LABOR LOCAL OFFICE STATE OFFICE	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Gopal, Vin Lagana, Joseph A. Murphy, Carol A. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina	2	10	5	2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00	2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f024f4b4-647c-4a92-a191-98729f270d0b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	67cb4c9a941bb35e1414b58dc6f7eee1679b08dcae4ea1c4b25d3d923b9d926a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2617 (219) — Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (25-0) (Lagana) amendment-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2998 (1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-2) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.228. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f024f4b4-647c-4a92-a191-98729f270d0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).