New Jersey / State / 2018-2019 Legislature
P.L.2019, c.413 (S2599 SCS) Opened the $250 veterans deduction and the 100 percent disabled veteran exemption to veterans who did not serve in wartime
Amended N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.30, 54:4-3.31, 54:4-8.10, 54:4-8.11, 54:4-8.12 and 54:4-8.17 to remove the requirement of service in time of war or other emergency. Approved January 21, 2020, it remained inoperative until voters approved the constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020. Flagged because the Department of Veterans Affairs' benefits guide, first edition January 2026, still says the deduction requires active service "during any of the statutory periods listed on the application form".
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, Senate
- In committee Done, Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs, transferred on January 9, 2020 to Senate Budget and Appropriations, which reported a substitute
- Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 40-0
- Passed both chambers Done, Assembly, 74-0-0, substituted for A1268
- Signed by the governor Done, Operative only once the voters approved the constitutional amendment
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Christopher Bateman
- James Beach
- Cleopatra G. Tucker
- Tim Eustace
- Herb Conaway, Jr.
- Pamela R. Lampitt
- Annette Quijano
- Anthony R. Bucco
- Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.
- Fred H. Madden, Jr.
- Declan J. O'Scanlon, Jr.
- Troy Singleton
- Chris A. Brown
- Daniel R. Benson
- Jay Webber
- Nancy J. Pinkin
- Andrew Zwicker
- Gabriela M. Mosquera
- Paul D. Moriarty
- Valerie Vainieri Huttle
- Pedro Mejia
- Parker Space
- Harold J. Wirths
- Joann Downey
- Carol A. Murphy
- Eric Houghtaling
- Robert J. Karabinchak
What it touches
- N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.30
- N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.10
- N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.11
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Official record
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