ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY, No. 3025
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MARCH 20, 2025
The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably the
Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 3025.
As reported, this substitute exempts wages earned as a poll worker
from affecting an individual’s unemployment compensation. The bill
exempts services performed as a temporary board worker hired by a
district board of elections who receives compensation for the discharge
of election duties from the definition of “employment” in the
unemployment compensation law.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Services concludes that the bill will
result in an annual revenue loss of up to $200,000 to the
Unemployment Insurance Compensation Fund and the State Disability
Benefits Fund because the bill exempts any wages received by a
temporary poll worker who processes mail-in ballots from
unemployment, disability, and family leave insurance payroll taxes.
The bill could result in an annual indeterminate expenditure
decrease to the Unemployment Insurance Compensation Fund and the
State Disability Benefits Fund by exempting poll workers who process
mail-in ballots from receiving unemployment insurance benefits,
temporary disability benefits, and family leave insurance benefits for
which they might otherwise qualify.