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S4085 • 2026

Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bucco, Anthony M.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
  • Topic: Labor Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Topic:
Labor
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4085

SENATE, No. 4085

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Senator� TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Corrado

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of
providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated
individuals.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning employment opportunities for
individuals returning to the workforce after imprisonment and supplementing
Title 34 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 Legislature finds
and declares that:

���� a.���� There is a lack of
viable employment opportunities in New Jersey for individuals recently released
from prison;

���� b.��� Employment opportunities
are necessary to curtail the rate of recidivism and to reincorporate recently
incarcerated individuals back into civil society;

���� c.���� Individuals with low
educational attainment are at greater risk of engaging in criminal activity
since they have tremendous difficulty finding and maintaining adequate jobs;
and

���� d.��� Labor organizations,
given their unique understanding of their community�s economic conditions are
in the best position to identify employment opportunities for recently
incarcerated individuals and to propose a plan for attracting such employment
opportunities into their respective trades.

���� 2.��� There is established, in
the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Second Chance Program
(program).� The purpose of the program shall be to provide real and lasting
career opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals through, and in
consultation with, labor organizations in order to reduce recidivism.

���� For the purposes of this
section, "labor organization" means a labor organization as defined
in section 3 of 29 U.S.C. s.402.

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

STATEMENT

This bill establishes the Second
Chance Program within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.� The
purpose of the program will be to provide real and lasting career opportunities
through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals, with the
intent to reduce recidivism.