republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-4134.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	Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after date of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.*	Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after date of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 4134	New Jersey A 4134 (219)	bill	WORKERS COMP	enacted	Downey, Joann Houghtaling, Eric Scutari, Nicholas P. Singleton, Troy Verrelli, Anthony S.	2	9	3	2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00	2020-10-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ac498408-7933-4c66-9fcc-0e355a79fe31	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	c4762ba21f23a9357e8b069912f28dde8d794f38562cd9e71ecc44f402c13756	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4134 (219) — Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after date of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.*

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 — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-08-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (70-5-3) passage
• 2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2722 (1R)
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) passage
• 2020-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.116. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac498408-7933-4c66-9fcc-0e355a79fe31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).