Expands exemption to wage and hour requirements for certain summer camp workers.

A4413

ASSEMBLY, No. 4413

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

wAssemblyman� JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands exemption to wage and hour requirements for
certain summer camp workers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
expanding an exemption to wage and hour requirements
for certain summer camp workers and amending P.L.1967, c.89.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1967,
c.89 (C.34:11-56a4.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.���
a.
��� The
provisions of the
[
act
to which this act is a supplement
]

�New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law,� P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et
seq.)
in respect to minimum wages and compensation for overtime work shall
not be applicable during the months of June, July, August or September of the
year to
:

����
(1)
�� summer camps,
conferences and retreats operated by any nonprofit or religious corporation or
association
; and

����
(2)�� employees of private
summer camps who are 22 years of age or under and are enrolled in any high
school, college or university, or vocational training program in the period
immediately preceding employment with the private summer camp.

����
b.��� The provisions of the
�New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law,� P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.) in
respect to compensation for overtime work shall not be applicable during the
months of June, July, August or September of the year to resident summer camps.

����
c.���� For the purposes of
this section:

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�Private summer camp� means
a youth camp licensed, and subject to the requirements and penalties provided,
under the �New Jersey Youth Camp Safety Act,� P.L.1973, c.375 (C.26:12-1 et
seq.) and operated by any corporation, company, association, person, or any
other entity, except for nonprofit or religious corporations or associations.

����
�Resident summer camp�
means a private summer camp that as a matter of its business has the children
attending the private summer camp stay overnight on a regular basis
.

(cf: P.L.1968, c.58, s.1)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill expands the current
exemption to the wage and overtime requirements of the �New Jersey State Wage
and Hour Law,� P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.), for nonprofit and
religious summer camps to employees of private summer camps who are age 22 or
under and enrolled in any high school, college or university, or vocational
training program. The bill also expands the exemption to employees of resident
summer camps, regardless of the age of the employee, for purposes of
compensation for overtime work.

���� Currently, the �New Jersey
State Wage and Hour Law� provides an exemption to wage and overtime
requirements during the months of June, July, August, and September of each
year to summer camps, as well as conferences and retreats, operated by any
nonprofit or religious corporation or association.

���� The bill expands the current
exemption for summer camps operated by nonprofit and religious groups to
certain employees of private summer camps. The bill defines �private summer
camp� as a youth camp licensed, and subject to the requirements and penalties
provided, under the �New Jersey Youth Camp Safety Act,� P.L.1973, c.375
(C.26:12-1 et seq.) and operated by any corporation, company, association,
person, or any other entity, except for nonprofit and religious groups. The
bill also defines �resident summer camp� as any private summer camp that as a
matter of its business has the children attending the private summer camp stay
overnight on a regular basis.�