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A4639 • 2026

Prohibits training repayment agreements.

Prohibits training repayment agreements.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Miller, Cody D.
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits training repayment agreements.

Prohibits training repayment agreements.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits training repayment agreements.
  • Topic: Labor Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits training repayment agreements.
Topic:
Labor
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4639

ASSEMBLY, No. 4639

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits training repayment agreements.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning training repayment agreements and
supplementing P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� No employer shall
require, as a condition of employment, any employee or prospective employee to enter
into a training repayment agreement.� Any agreement which is a training
repayment agreement is void and no employee shall be obligated to make payments
under that agreement.

���� b.��� A violation of the
provisions of this section shall be regarded as a failure to comply with the
provision of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.), and the remedies, penalties,
and other measures provided for violations of that act shall be applicable,
including, but not limited to, penalties provided by section 10 of that act
(C.34:11-4.10) and civil actions by employees pursuant to that section.� Any
discharge or other discrimination by an employer against an employee or
prospective employee because the employee or prospective employee refuses to
enter into an agreement which violates the provisions of this section, makes a
complaint regarding the violation, or otherwise exercises rights provided by
this section or P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.1 et seq.), shall be subject to
remedies, penalties, and other measures provided for retaliatory actions by
section 10 of P.L.1965, c.173 (C.34:11-4.10).

���� c.���� For the purposes of
this section, �training repayment agreement� means any agreement requiring an
employee to pay an employer, or a training provider or other third party, a sum
of money if the employee voluntarily or involuntarily leaves employment with
the employer, including any agreement requiring the employee to reimburse the
employer or third party for training previously provided to the employee,
except that a �training repayment agreement� shall not include a cash advance
to an employee, a payment for equipment sold or leased to an employee, an educational
sabbatical leave contract, or a training repayment agreement entered into as
part of a collective bargaining agreement.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits an
employer from requiring, as a condition of employment, any employee or
prospective employee to enter into training repayment agreement.� The bill
stipulates that any agreement which is a training repayment agreement is void
and that no employee is obligated to make payments under that agreement.� The
bill defines a training repayment agreement as any agreement requiring an
employee to pay an employer, or a training provider or other third party, a sum
of money if the employee leaves employment with the employer, including any agreement
requiring the employee to reimburse the employer or third party for training
previously provided to the employee, except that a training repayment agreement
does not include a cash advance to an employee, a payment for equipment sold or
leased to an employee, an educational sabbatical leave contract, or a training
repayment agreement entered into as part of a collective bargaining agreement.