A 4618 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*

This bill requires that when contracts for operating official motor vehicle inspection facilities are renewed or new contracts are awarded, employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must be offered employment first to meet staffing needs. It mandates that job offers to these employees must include compensation and benefits matching the terms of the existing CBA. Additionally, the bill ensures that any collective bargaining agreement in effect at the time remains binding on successors - such as companies acquiring assets or merging - during sales, transfers, or mergers of inspection facility operations.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Governor
Introduced Jun 20, 2024 Last action Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · General Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (60-13-0)
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (31-8)
upper
Dec 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (64-11-2)
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
lower
Jun 20, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
lower
5 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors