S 4554 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Allows State, municipality, and county to implement automatic enrollment of their employees in deferred compensation plans.

This bill allows New Jersey state, county, and municipal employers to automatically enroll employees in deferred compensation plans (like retirement savings), with employees able to opt out or choose a different contribution rate. It mandates automatic enrollment for all new state employees hired after the law's effective date, requiring them to actively choose not to participate. For union-represented employees, employers must negotiate plan terms - including automatic enrollment - with the union, and without a written agreement, employees must affirmatively elect to join. The bill also requires setting a default investment option for employee contributions if they don’t specify one.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 2, 2025 Last action Dec 22, 2025
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Committee
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Amendments
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Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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John McKeon
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