Became P.L.2023, c.210, on January 8, 2024.
2022–2023 Session
Senate Bill 1438
Allows unions to file wage claim suits on behalf of workers regardless of their union affiliation.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Feb 3
3 co-sponsors
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Dec 7, 2023
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 7, 2023
Its course
February 10, 2022 to January 8, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading34–2
Passed · Mar 20, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Christopher J. Connors, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, Jean Stanfield, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nia H. Gill Esq., Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Samuel D. Thompson, Shirley K. Turner, Steven V. Oroho, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Nay Edward Durr, James W. Holzapfel
Not voting Douglas J. Steinhardt, James Beach, Richard J. Codey, Sandra B. Cunningham
General Assembly, third reading59–12
Passed · Dec 7, 2023 · 1 present
Who voted how
Yea Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brian Bergen, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Christian E. Barranco, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, Donald A. Guardian, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Gary S. Schaer, Harold J. Wirths, Herb Conaway Jr., Jacqueline S. Yustein, James J. Kennedy, Jay Webber, Joe Danielsen, John DiMaio, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Nancy F. Muñoz, Pamela R. Lampitt, Parker Space, Paul D. Moriarty, Pedro Mejia, Raj Mukherji, Robert D. Clifton, Robert J. Karabinchak, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Victoria A. Flynn, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William F. Moen Jr., William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Nay Alex Sauickie, Brandon E. Umba, Brian E. Rumpf, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, DiAnne C. Gove, Edward H. Thomson, Gerry Scharfenberger, Gregory P. McGuckin, John Catalano, Kevin J. Rooney, Robert Auth
Not voting Angela V. McKnight, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, Eliana Pintor Marin, Erik Peterson, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Michael Torrissi Jr., Reginald W. Atkins, Sean T. Kean, Thomas P. Giblin
Senate, concurrence31–0
Passed · Dec 11, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nia H. Gill Esq., Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Steven V. Oroho, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Christopher J. Connors, Edward Durr, James W. Holzapfel, Jean Stanfield, Nicholas J. Sacco, Paul A. Sarlo, Richard J. Codey, Samuel D. Thompson, Sandra B. Cunningham
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 30, 2023
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 20, 2023
- Feb 10Introduced in the Senate and sent to Labor
- Feb 9, 2023Labor recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2023Passed the Senate, 34 to 2
In the General Assembly Mar 20, 2023 – Dec 7, 2023
- Mar 20, 2023Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Labor
- Nov 30, 2023Labor recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 7, 2023Passed the General Assembly, 59 to 12
Back in the Senate Dec 11, 2023
- Dec 11, 2023Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes
- Passed the Senate, 31 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 8, 2024
- Jan 8, 2024Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.210