SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 2813
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill
No. 2813.
This bill will enter New Jersey into the Social Work Licensure
Compact. The compact establishes a multistate license system in
which an individual licensed at the clinical, master’s or bachelor’s
level in social work needs only to obtain licensure in one state that
is a party to the compact in order to practice as a social worker in
another member state to the compact, so long as certain
requirements established under the compact are met by the
individual. Under the bill, provisions are established regarding,
among other items, the authority of a member state’s licensing
authority; how an adverse action against a multistate licensee is
managed; the set-up of the Social Work Licensure Compact
Commission and its Executive Committee; the collection of data on
member states; and how to withdraw from the compact, if sought by
a member state.
As reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 2813 is identical
to Senate Bill No. 2688, which was also reported by the committee on
this date.