New Jersey A 3415: Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.

Bill Text

A3415 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3415 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

SYNOPSIS

���� Strengthens enforcement of child labor law.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning violations of the child labor law and 
amending and supplementing P.L.1940, c.153.

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

���� 1.��� Section 19 of P.L.1940, 
c.153 (C.34:2-21.19) is amended to read as follows:

���� 19.� a.� Whoever employs or 
permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of [this act] the child 
labor law, P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), or of any regulation 
adopted, or order or ruling issued, under the provisions of [this act] that law, 
or obstructs the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, its officers or 
agents, or any other person authorized to inspect places of employment under [this act] that law, 
and whoever, having under his control or custody any minor, permits or suffers 
him to be employed or to work in violation of [this 
act] that 
law, shall be guilty of an offense[.� 
If] and 
subject to the following penalties:

���� (1) except as provided in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection a., and except as provided by section 
2 of P.L.��� , c.���� (C.�� )(pending before the Legislature as this bill), if 
a defendant acts knowingly, an offense under this section shall be a crime of 
the fourth degree subject to the penalties for a crime of the fourth degree 
provided by N.J.S. 2C:43-3, N.J.S.2C:43-6 and N.J.S.2C:44-1, except that the 
minimum fine shall be $500 for an initial violation and $1,000 for each 
subsequent violation.� Otherwise it shall be a disorderly persons offense 
and the defendant shall, upon conviction for a violation, be punished by a fine 
of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000 for an initial violation and not 
less than $200 nor more than $4,000 for each subsequent violation.� Each day 
during which any violation of [this 
act] that 
law continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and the 
employment of any minor in violation of [the 
act] that 
law shall with respect to each minor so employed, constitute a separate and 
distinct offense;

���� (2) the offense shall be a 
crime of the third degree and subject to the penalties for a crime of the third 
degree provided by N.J.S. 2C:43-3, N.J.S.2C:43-6 and N.J.S.2C:44-1 (except that 
the minimum fine shall be $1,000 for an initial violation and $2,000 for each 
subsequent violation), if the defendant:

���� (a) employs a minor who is 
not registered and authorized to work as required by section 6 of P.L.2022, 
c.63 (C.34:2-21.1a);

���� (b) employs a minor during 
days or weeks in which school is in session at times or for an amount of time 
which is in violation of the provisions of the child labor law, P.L.1940, c.153 
(C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), or any regulation adopted, or order or ruling issued, 
pursuant to that law: or

���� (c) employs the minor to 
work with equipment, or in occupations or workplaces, which are prohibited by 
the child labor law, P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), or any regulation 
adopted, or order or ruling issued, pursuant to that law; and

���� (3) the offense shall be a 
crime of the second degree and employer shall be subject to the penalties for a 
crime of the second degree provided by N.J.S.2C:43-3, N.J.S.2C:43-6 and 
N.J.S.2C:44-1 (except that the minimum fine shall be $4,000), if, in the course 
of any employment which is in violation of the provisions of the child labor 
law, P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), or any regulation adopted, or order 
or ruling issued, pursuant to that law, a minor suffers an accident, 
occupational disease, or death compensable under the workers� compensation law, 
R.S.34:15-1 et seq., in an amount which, pursuant to R.S.34:15-10, is double 
the amount payable under the schedules provided in R.S.34:15-12 and 
R.S.34:15-13.

���� An employer who is 
convicted of a crime of the third or second degree pursuant to this subsection 
a. shall have the registration made pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2022, c.63 
(C.34:2-21.1a) suspended for not less than one year if the employer is 
convicted of a crime of the third degree, and not less than two years if the 
employer is convicted of a crime of the second degree, and the employer shall 
be barred from employing minors during the time of the suspension.

���� The department shall 
prepare a written statement of the requirements of the child labor law, 
P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), which includes a comprehensive 
description of all penalties and sanctions for violations of that law as 
provided by this section and section 2 of P.L.���� , c.��� (C.��� )(pending 
before the Legislature as this bill) in