l9n/ New Jersey

2024–2025 Session

Assembly Bill 3451

Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing employee threshold from 30 employees to 15 employees in definition of employer.*

Became P.L.2025, c.279, on January 17, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the General Assembly

2 co-sponsors

Garnet R. Hall, Tennille R. McCoy

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Angela V. McKnight

Its course

February 1, 2024 to January 17, 2026, 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.

Every action14 actions on 9 days

In the General AssemblyFeb 1 to Feb 1211 days

LaborFeb 1 to Feb 54 days

AppropriationsFeb 5 to Feb 83 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Dec 22679 days

LaborFeb 12 to Dec 11 · moved on668 days

Budget and AppropriationsDec 11 to Dec 154 days

Back in the General AssemblyDec 22 to Jan 1221 days

With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 175 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Dec 15, 2025

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 General Assembly Feb 1 – Feb 12

  1. Feb 1Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Labor
  2. Feb 5Labor recommended it
  3. Sent to Appropriations
  4. Feb 8Appropriations recommended it
  5. Read a second time
  6. Feb 12Passed the General Assembly, 49 to 26

In the Senate Feb 12 – Dec 22, 2025

  1. Feb 12Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Labor
  3. Dec 11, 2025Sent to Budget and Appropriations
  4. Dec 15, 2025Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
  5. Read a second time
  6. Dec 22, 2025Passed the Senate, 24 to 12

Back in the General Assembly Dec 22, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026

  1. Dec 22, 2025Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
  2. Jan 12, 2026The General Assembly made changes of its own to the Senate's changes
  3. Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes
  4. Passed the Senate, 24 to 15, and so both houses

To the Governor Jan 17, 2026

  1. Jan 17, 2026Signed by the Governor
  2. Became P.L.2025, c.279
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Feb 1INT 1RA REF ALAGeneral Assembly
  2. Feb 5REP REF AAPGeneral Assembly
  3. Feb 8REP 2RAGeneral Assembly
  4. Feb 12PAGeneral Assembly
  5. Feb 12R/S REF SLASenate
  6. Dec 11, 2025TRANS SBASenate
  7. Dec 15, 2025REP/SCA 2RSSenate
  8. Dec 22, 2025SUB FORSenate
  9. Dec 22, 2025PSSenate
  10. Dec 22, 2025R/A 2RACGeneral Assembly
  11. Jan 12, 2026CONCUR AAGeneral Assembly
  12. Jan 12, 2026R/S 2RSCSenate
  13. Jan 12, 2026PS PBHSenate
  14. Jan 17, 2026APPGovernor