TRENTON — Employers would be barred from posting job ads that say unemployed people need not apply under a bill that passed the Senate today.

The bill (S2388), which had been passed by both houses in November but was conditionally vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie in January, passed 32 to 2.

Christie’s conditional veto decreased the fine for a first offense from $5,000 to $1,000, and for subsequent violations from $10,000 to $5,000. The governor did away with language that would also bar employers from suggesting that only employed people should apply, delayed the bill’s implementation by three months, and added a provision stressing that nothing in the bill would give aggrieved person grounds for suing the potential employers.

The state Assembly approved the governor’s conditional veto of the legislation in February. It now heads back to the governor’s desk.

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• N.J. Legislature, agency question job ads that limit based on employment history