ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4124
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Assembly State and Local Government Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4124.
As amended by the committee, this bill establishes minimum
qualifications for persons employed through a public works contract.
Any contractor submitting a bid for a contract which is paid for in
whole or in part out of the funds of a public body in this State will
certify that each journeyperson completing work established in the
contract meets at least one of the following qualifications: (1) has
graduated from an apprenticeship program that is equivalent to the
apprenticeship standards of the building and construction trade union
that is specific to their craft; or (2) has completed four years of
documented work as a tradesperson that can be verified by their tax
filings.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to specify that the certification to
be submitted must be for each journeyperson completing work
established in the contract, remove the completion of a high school or
a General Educational Development (GED) diploma as a qualification,
and require that, as a qualification, the journeyman must have
graduated from an apprenticeship program.