New Jersey S 533: Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.

Bill Text

S533 2R 

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 533 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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Sponsored by:

Senator JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns training of employees about access to public 
facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As amended by the Senate on June 18, 2026.

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An Act concerning training of employees about access to 
public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs and supplementing 
P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� Any employer who has 
one or more employees 1or 
agents1 
who serve customers or other individuals in a place of public accommodation or 
other public facility, or who otherwise have the ability to provide or deny 
access to the place or facility, shall provide training to those employees 1[in accordance 
with the training requirements set forth in the pamphlet produced by the 
Commissioner of Labor and Workforce 
Development pursuant to subsection b. of this section] and agents1 
regarding the right of an individual with a disability to have a guide or 
service dog in a place of public accommodation or other public facility 
pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.130 (C.10:5-29 et seq.) 1[, P.L.1977, 
c.456 (C.10:5-29.1 et seq.),]1 
and the �Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,� Pub.L.101-336 (42 U.S.C. 
s.12101 et seq.).� 1An 
employer who serves customers or other individuals in a place of public 
accommodation or other public facility, or who otherwise has the ability to 
provide or deny access to the place or facility, shall be subject to the same 
training requirements as employees and agents in this section. 

���� b. The Division on Civil 
Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall set minimum standards 
for the training required in this section and make them available on its 
website. �The division also shall create and make available at no cost on its 
website a recorded training that an employer may utilize to satisfy the 
training requirements of this section.1 �An employer may 1alternatively1 satisfy 
the training requirements of this section by utilizing training 1or 
training materials1 
that may be provided 1[at no cost]1 
by the 1[Division on 
Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety] United 
States Department of Justice1, 
the New Jersey State Bar Association, or any other entity, 1[or] that 
provides training which meets the minimum standards set by the division. An 
employer1 
may, at its discretion, 1[implement] alternatively 
or in addition to utilizing other trainings or training materials, satisfy the 
training requirements of this section by implementing1 a 
training program at its own cost.� The provisions of this section shall be 
administered and enforced by the division pursuant to the authority vested in 
it by the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et 
seq.).� 1[The division 
shall set minimum standards for the training and make those standards available 
upon request.] 
The training shall be provided to all new employees and agents within 30 
days of initial hire and all employees and agents at least once every two 
years.1 
2The 
training may be provided in conjunction with new employee orientation, 
onboarding, or periodic employee training, provided that the training satisfies 
the minimum standards established by the division.2

���� 1[b.� The 
commissioner shall prepare a pamphlet that provides information concerning the 
rights of an individual with a disability to have a guide or service dog in a 
place of public accommodation or other public facility pursuant to the 
provisions of P.L.1971, c.130 (C.10:5-29 et seq.), P.L.1977, c.456 
(C.10:5-29.1 et seq.), and the �Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,� 
Pub.L.101-336 (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.).� The pamphlet shall contain a 
concise list of topics that are to be included in the employee training 
required pursuant to subsection a. of this section.� The pamphlet shall be made 
available electronically on the Internet website of the Department of Labor and 
Workforce Development.]1� 

���� c.���� 1[An employer 
who is required to provide training pursuant to subsection a. of this section 
shall distribute to each employee a paper copy of the pamphlet.� 

���� d.��� The employee shall sign 
and return to the employer a form acknowledging that the employee received and 
reviewed the pamphlet.� The form shall be made available for inspection by the 
commissioner upon request.� The employer shall retain the form during the 
period of employment and for a period of three years following any termination 
of employment] 
Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.), 
nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a person to file a 
complaint w