Requires NJT to adopt nondiscrimination policy and requires annual training on nondiscrimination policy.

A5069

ASSEMBLY, No. 5069

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJT to adopt nondiscrimination policy and
requires annual training on nondiscrimination policy.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the New Jersey Transit Corporation and the
adoption of and training on a nondiscrimination policy and supplementing
P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et al.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� The New Jersey
Transit Corporation shall adopt a written nondiscrimination policy that
complies with federal and State laws and regulations prohibiting unlawful
employment discrimination and harassment, including, but not limited to, the
�Law Against Discrimination,� P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.).

���� b.��� The corporation shall
distribute the nondiscrimination policy adopted pursuant to subsection a. of
this section to each employee of the corporation who is employed by the
corporation on the effective date of
P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending
before the Legislature as this bill) within 60 calendar days of the effective
date of
P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending
before the Legislature as this bill).

���� The corporation shall
distribute the nondiscrimination policy to each employee of the corporation who
commences employment with the corporation after the effective date of
P.L. , c.
(C. )
(pending before the
Legislature as this bill) within five business days of the employee commencing
employment with the corporation.

���� Each employee of the
corporation shall acknowledge receipt of the nondiscrimination policy in
writing within 10 business days following receipt of the nondiscrimination
policy and such written receipt shall be retained by the director of the
corporation�s human resources office.� The corporation shall make the written
nondiscrimination policy available to each employee of the corporation upon
request.�

���� c.���� The corporation shall
require each employee of the corporation to complete training on the written
nondiscrimination policy adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section at
least once per calendar year.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation) to adopt a written nondiscrimination
policy that complies with federal and State laws and regulations prohibiting
unlawful employment discrimination and harassment.

���� Under the bill, the
corporation is required to distribute the nondiscrimination policy to each
employee of the corporation who is employed by the corporation on the effective
date of the bill and to each employee who commences employment with the corporation
after the effective date of the bill within certain time frames established by
the bill. �Each employee of the corporation is to acknowledge receipt of the
nondiscrimination policy in writing within 10 business days following receipt
of the nondiscrimination policy, which policy is to be retained by the director
of the corporation�s human resources office. �The corporation is required to
make the written nondiscrimination policy available to each employee upon
request.

���� Under the bill, the
corporation is to require each employee to complete training on the written
nondiscrimination policy at least once in each calendar year.