Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
This bill extends New Jersey's Public Employees' Occupational Safety and Health Act to cover employees of specific interstate authorities. It amends compacts with New York and Pennsylvania to require the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Delaware River Joint Commission, Delaware River and Bay Authority, and Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to be treated as "employers" under NJ's safety law. The bill mandates that the Governor negotiate supplemental agreements with these states to implement this coverage, ensuring employees of these agencies fall under NJ's (or a substantially similar PA/NY) safety standards. It directly affects public safety workers employed by these multi-state authorities, including police and firefighters. The legislation does not create new safety standards but applies existing protections to these specific entities.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
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Sean Kean
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