Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.

A1754

ASSEMBLY, No. 1754

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Murphy, Assemblymen Karabinchak, Tully and
Assemblywoman Swain

SYNOPSIS

���� Require business seeking to perform State contract to
disclose certain labor and employment law violations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

requiring a business seeking to perform a State
contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations and
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� The Director of the
Division of Purchase and Property, the Director of the Division of Property
Management and Construction, and the head of any State agency having authority
to contract for the purchase of goods and services or for the construction of any
public work, shall require any bidder responding to a request for proposal or
any business entity responding to a solicitation of interest or making an
expression of interest with respect to the awarding of any public contract when
the cost or contract price exceeds the amounts specified in section 2 of
P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7) to provide information concerning all violations by
that bidder or business entity during the immediate two-year period of any
federal, State, or local labor or employment law or rule or regulation,
including, but not limited to, violations of the federal Occupational Safety
and Health Administration Act and the National Labor Relations Act, the
"New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100
(C.34:13A-1 et seq.), wage and hour laws, and workers compensation laws.� The
directors or the head of a State agency shall evaluate the seriousness of any
violations reported and, in the case of violations that represent a significant
threat to the health or safety of employees or that demonstrate a disregard for
the law, may disqualify that bidder or business entity from pursuing the
contract.

���� As used in this section,

���� "State agency" means
any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of State government,
and any division, board, bureau, office, commission, or other instrumentality
within or created by such principal department, and any independent State
authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATMENT

���� This bill provides that a
bidder or business entity seeking State contracts will be required to disclose
information concerning all violations by that bidder or business entity during
the immediately preceding two-year period of any federal, State, or local labor
or employment law or rule or regulation.� State agencies will evaluate the
seriousness of any violations reported and, in the case of violations that
represent a significant threat to the health or safety of employees or that
demonstrate a disregard for the law, may disqualify that bidder or business
entity from pursuing the contract.