S 2671 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.

This bill creates a voluntary resume bank for New Jersey residents with disabilities seeking appointments to state boards, commissions, authorities, or similar entities. It requires the Governor to maintain an online system where individuals can submit resumes, contact details, disability-related information, and preferred appointment types. The resume bank will be confidential and accessible only to state agencies and the Legislature, not the public. This policy directly affects people with disabilities who wish to serve on state-appointed bodies, aiming to streamline their access to these opportunities.

Tags: People with Disabilities

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2024

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2024 Last action Jun 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Reprint Senate 6/30/25 1R · 3 edits

MINOR

The Senate amended S2671 to add a confidentiality provision exempting the disability resume bank from the state's Open Public Meetings Act, broaden the list of covered entities with 'but shall not be limited to' language, and change the Governor's webpage obligation from permissive ('will') to mandatory ('shall'). The most significant change is the new section 1(d), which makes all information in the resume bank confidential and unavailable to the public.

Scope change

The bill's scope of covered entities was broadened with 'but shall not be limited to' language, and a new confidentiality requirement was added that limits public access to resume bank information.

ENFORCEMENT

New section 1(d) exempts the resume bank from the Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act (C.10:4-6 et seq.) and declares that all information provided to the resume bank shall be confidential and unavailable to the public.

SCOPE

The list of covered entities was expanded by adding 'but shall not be limited to' before 'special committees, councils, and task forces,' making clear that other types of State entities are also included.

REQUIREMENT

The Governor's obligation to maintain an Internet webpage listing available appointments was changed from permissive language ('will maintain') to mandatory language ('shall maintain').

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Amendments

Jun 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)

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Jun 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

upper

Feb 12, 2024

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee

upper

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors