{"id":"DUT-NJ-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey General Assembly, 219th Legislature (sponsors Assemblymen Catalano, McGuckin and Dancer; co-sponsors Thomson, Rumpf and Gove); bill as introduced","authority":"Proposed \u0027COVID-19 related Business Immunity Act\u0027 (not enacted)","instrument":"Assembly Bill No. 4189 (2020), introduced June 1, 2020, \u0027Establishes immunity for businesses against damage claims for COVID-19 exposure; excludes reckless or intentional conduct\u0027 (not enacted)","title":"An Act concerning COVID-19-related business immunity and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes (A4189, as introduced)","dateIssued":"2020-06-01","effective":"never in force","end":"never in force (died in committee; no general business immunity was enacted in New Jersey in 2020 or 2021)","startDate":"2020-06-01","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["employers generally (proposed)"],"clause":"an employer is immune from civil liability for damages or injury resulting from exposure of an individual to COVID-19 on the premises owned or operated by the employer, or during activity managed by the employer.... c. Immunity as described in this section shall not apply to: (1) willful misconduct; (2) reckless infliction of harm; or (3) intentional infliction of harm.","enforcement":"None","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing; the bill would have immunized employers from COVID-19 exposure claims and was not enacted, so every New Jersey business outside health care kept its full common-law duty of care to employees, customers and visitors throughout the six quarters. Character as recorded: not_enacted (legislative history; no legal effect).","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/A4500/4189_I1.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":134419,"grade":"primary","character":"not_enacted","description":"","collection":"DUT-NJ","url":"/library/DUT-NJ-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NJ-008","citation":"New Jersey General Assembly, 219th Legislature (sponsors Assemblymen Catalano, McGuckin and Dancer; co-sponsors Thomson, Rumpf and Gove); bill as introduced, Assembly Bill No. 4189 (2020), introduced June 1, 2020, \u0027Establishes immunity for businesses against damage claims for COVID-19 exposure; excludes reckless or intentional conduct\u0027 (not enacted) (Ex. DUT-NJ-008)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["DUT-NJ-007"]}