Bill Text: NJ A801 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Jersey Assembly Bill 801 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading [A801 Detail]

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ASSEMBLY, No. 801

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Downey, Murphy, Assemblymen Karabinchak, Chiaravalloti, Wirths, Space, Conaway and Assemblywoman Pinkin

SYNOPSIS

Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act requiring a business seeking to perform a State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

1. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property, the Director of the Division of Property Management and Construction, and the head of any State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods and services or for the construction of any public work, shall require any bidder responding to a request for proposal or any business entity responding to a solicitation of interest or making an expression of interest with respect to the awarding of any public contract when the cost or contract price exceeds the amounts specified in section 2 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7) to provide information concerning all violations by that bidder or business entity during the immediate two-year period of any federal, State, or local labor or employment law or rule or regulation, including, but not limited to, violations of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act and the National Labor Relations Act, the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.), wage and hour laws, and workers compensation laws. The directors or the head of a State agency shall evaluate the seriousness of any violations reported and, in the case of violations that represent a significant threat to the health or safety of employees or that demonstrate a disregard for the law, may disqualify that bidder or business entity from pursuing the contract.

As used in this section,

"State agency" means any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of State government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission, or other instrumentality within or created by such principal department, and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill provides that a bidder or business entity seeking State contracts will be required to disclose information concerning all violations by that bidder or business entity during the immediately preceding two-year period of any federal, State, or local labor or employment law or rule or regulation. State agencies will evaluate the seriousness of any violations reported and, in the case of
violations that represent a significant threat to the health or safety of employees or that demonstrate a disregard for the law, may disqualify that bidder or business entity from pursuing the contract.