republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-2822.md

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Bill	Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.	Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 2822	New Jersey S 2822 (221)	bill	WORKERS COMP	enacted	Karabinchak, Robert J. Lagana, Joseph A. Verrelli, Anthony S.	1	8	4	2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00	2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/40338474-f64f-4240-ac2b-079b306029d4	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	2d8d8d94dc33aea3b3259d4f1ef4c8ccb33f19d790dda69ebb592b2037884a2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2822 (221) — Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 54–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (27-9) passage
• 2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee referral-committee
• 2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3986
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-20-0) passage
• 2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2024, c.55. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40338474-f64f-4240-ac2b-079b306029d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).