Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
New Jersey's S 417 requires most private employers to provide employees with two hours of paid leave annually to vote in general elections. Employees must give employers two business days' notice, and employers must display voting leave rights 10 days before elections. The paid leave must be at the employee's regular pay rate (not below minimum wage), and employers must offer it at the start or end of a work shift on election day. The law excludes construction workers under collective bargaining agreements, per diem healthcare workers, and public employees already covered by existing paid voting leave policies.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
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Brian Stack
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