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A2466 • 2026

Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.

Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.

Technology
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McCoy, Tennille R.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.

Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.

What This Bill Does

  • Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
  • Topic: Labor Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

Official Summary Text

Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Topic:
Labor
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2466

ASSEMBLY, No. 2466

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and
Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure
technology.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

allocating $200 million to the Department of Labor
and Workforce Development.

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

���� 1.��� a.� Out of the amounts
of federal government assistance provided to this State with regard to the
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic which may be available to improve the
unemployment insurance program, $200 million shall be allocated to the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development for information technology
upgrades in the Division of Unemployment Insurance.

���� In the event that federal
funds are partially or fully unavailable, the funds shall then be allocated
from the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" for the
purpose of funding capital construction projects, pursuant to section 4 of
P.L.2021, c.125,

���� b.��� Within 60 days of the
effective date of P.L. , c. (C. )(pending
before the Legislature as this bill), the department shall submit, pursuant to
section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature an implementation
plan to effectuate the provisions of this act.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill allocates $200
million in available federal assistance to the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development.� In the event that federal funds are insufficient, the
money is to be allocated from the �New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention
Fund" for the purpose of funding capital construction projects.� The money
shall be spent in efforts to improve the unemployment insurance (UI) program
following the unprecedented spike in UI benefit claims filings caused by the
coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.� Under the bill, the department is required
to submit to the Legislature an implementation plan to effectuate the
provisions of this bill.