ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 105

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 5, 2024

      The Assembly Labor Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 105.

      As amended, this concurrent resolution reconstitutes the “Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity,” which was created by the 216th Legislature and reconstituted in the 218th, 219th, and 220th Legislatures.

      The concurrent resolution provides that the joint committee is authorized, empowered, and directed to conduct a continuing study of issues concerning economic justice and equal employment opportunity in this State. The joint committee, in its endeavor to study these issues, shall meet and hold hearings at places, throughout the State, as it shall designate during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature.

      This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 2024-2025 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the resolution to update the Legislatures in which the joint committee has been reconstituted.