S 4506 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances.

S 4506 exempts minor league baseball players covered by a union-negotiated agreement between Minor League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association from New Jersey's wage and hour laws and recordkeeping requirements. The exemption applies only while the agreement is active and requires the league and union to notify the state labor department within one week of any agreement termination or replacement. This aligns state law with the 2023 agreement, which provides players with salaries, health care, housing, retirement benefits, and other protections that conflict with standard wage laws due to minor league baseball's irregular schedules.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Sep 2025
Introduced May 22, 2025 Signed Sep 11, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025 · General Assembly Jun 30, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
14 Yea 1
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Sep 11, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.141.
executive
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-1-1)
lower
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-0)
upper
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 22, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
upper
5 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors