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Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

Choosing a jurisdiction overrides the level. Stage is where the bill stands in its own jurisdiction's process. Direction is whether it expands or restricts benefits, recorded only where the reason can be read from the bill. Outcome is whether the instrument became law; catalog status is whether this catalog has been reconciled against it. None of this is legal advice, and a tracked item is a pointer to the official record rather than a substitute for reading it.

6 instruments in New Jersey. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

New JerseyState

P.L.2025, c.326 (S4858 1R) Gave veterans, service members and military spouses an unlimited homestead exemption on two homes and protected their pensions, benefits and one vehicle from creditors

Catalog reconciledEnactedProgram created

Signed Takes effect

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Exempts a veteran's, service member's or military spouse's two homes, pensions, benefits and one vehicle from creditors.

Enacted the New Jersey Veterans and Military Spouses Asset Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17.1 to 2A:17-17.6. The primary residence and one secondary residence of an honorably discharged veteran, a current service member or the spouse or surviving spouse of either are exempt from levy, execution and forced sale without a value limit if ownership is recorded, and retirement accounts, pensions, disability and veterans' benefits and one vehicle worth up to $30,000 are exempt from creditor claims. Mortgages, government debts and judgments for fraud or crime are excepted. Approved January 20, 2026, effective immediately and retroactive to January 1, 2025 for debts incurred or claims filed on or after that date.

Sponsors

  • Vin GopalSenate, District 11
  • Raj MukherjiSenate, District 32

And 3 more sponsors and 4 co-sponsors

Touches N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17.3 · N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17.4 · N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17.5

Catalog entry

Official record

New JerseyState

P.L.2025, c.307 (S3800) Extended the Law Against Discrimination to service in the Armed Forces, not only liability for service

Catalog reconciledEnactedScope changed

Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Extends Law Against Discrimination protection in employment, housing and public accommodations to past service in the Armed Forces, which reaches veterans.

Amended N.J.S.A. 10:5-3, 10:5-4, 10:5-5, 10:5-12 and related sections so that the protected characteristic reads "service in the Armed Forces of the United States or liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States", reaching veterans in employment, housing and public accommodations, and rewrote the veteran definition in N.J.S.A. 10:5-39 for public works affirmative action as 90 days of active service with a discharge other than dishonorable. Approved January 20, 2026, effective immediately.

Sponsors

  • Gordon M. JohnsonSenate, District 37
  • Nilsa I. Cruz-PerezSenate, District 5

And 3 more sponsors and 10 co-sponsors

Touches N.J.S.A. 10:5-12 · N.J.S.A. 10:5-39

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Official record

New JerseyState

P.L.2025, c.172 (A4712 2R) Created an independent Office of the Veteran Advocate to investigate complaints about the veterans department and state-funded veterans' services

Catalog reconciledEnactedProgram created

Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Creates an independent Veteran Advocate to take and investigate veterans' complaints about the department and state-funded veterans' services.

Enacted N.J.S.A. 38A:21A-1 to 38A:21A-12. The Veteran Advocate sits in, but not of, the Department of Veterans Affairs, serves as ombudsman for veterans and families, may investigate a death or serious injury of a veteran in the department's care, issue subpoenas and sue the department on probable cause. Approved December 19, 2025, effective immediately.

Sponsors

  • Cleopatra G. TuckerAssembly, District 28
  • Julio MarencoAssembly, District 33

And 3 more sponsors and 6 co-sponsors

Touches N.J.S.A. 38A:21A-1 · N.J.S.A. 38A:21A-3 · N.J.S.A. 38A:21A-5

Catalog entry

Official record

New JerseyState

P.L.2025, c.33 (S1445) Required public colleges to readmit students who withdrew for uniformed service with the same academic status and no fee

Catalog reconciledEnactedProgram created

Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Requires public colleges to readmit a student who withdrew for uniformed service with the same academic status and no fee.

Enacted N.J.S.A. 18A:62-4.3d. A public institution must readmit an undergraduate who withdrew because of service in the uniformed services, including Guard duty under state authority, with the same academic status, for the next semester after a written request, without an application or other fee. Approved March 7, 2025.

Sponsors

  • Troy SingletonSenate, District 7
  • Kristin M. CorradoSenate, District 40

And 3 more sponsors and 23 co-sponsors

Touches N.J.S.A. 18A:62-4.3d

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Official record

New JerseyState

SCR81 Would have asked voters to raise the veterans property tax deduction from $250 to $2,500 over four years

Catalog reconciledDid not pass

2024-2025 Legislature

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 7
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 7
  3. Died Stopped here, step 3 of 7
  4. Passed the legislature Not reached, step 4 of 7
  5. On the ballot Not reached, step 5 of 7
  6. Approved by voters Not reached, step 6 of 7
  7. In effect Not reached, step 7 of 7

Expands benefits Would have asked the voters to raise the $250 veterans property tax deduction to $2,500 over four years.

A proposed constitutional amendment to raise the deduction to $1,000 in tax year 2025, $1,500 in 2026, $2,000 in 2027 and $2,500 from 2028. Reported from the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee and referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations on June 17, 2024, it went no further and died when the session ended in January 2026. Guides describing New Jersey's veterans deduction print its schedule beside the current figure. The deduction is $250, as it has been since 2003.

Sponsors

  • Troy SingletonSenate, District 7
  • Nilsa I. Cruz-PerezSenate, District 5

And 17 co-sponsors

Touches N.J. Const. art. VIII, sec. 1, par. 3 · N.J.S.A. 54:4-8.11

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Official record

New JerseyState

P.L.2022, c.105 (A1477) Raised the blind and paraplegic and hemiplegic veterans' allowances to $1,800 a year

Catalog reconciledEnactedFigure moved

Signed

  1. Introduced Done, , step 1 of 6
  2. In committee Done, , step 2 of 6
  3. Passed one chamber Done, , step 3 of 6
  4. Passed both chambers Done, , step 4 of 6
  5. Signed by the governor Done, , step 5 of 6
  6. In effect Done, , step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Raises the blind and the paraplegic and hemiplegic veterans' allowances to $1,800 a year.

Amended N.J.S.A. 38:18-2, 38:18-3, 38:18A-2 and 38:18A-3 to set both allowances at $1,800 a year in monthly payments, continuing to the surviving spouse. Approved September 15, 2022.

Sponsors

  • Daniel R. BensonAssembly, District 14
  • Anthony S. VerrelliAssembly, District 15

And 3 more sponsors and 32 co-sponsors

Touches N.J.S.A. 38:18-2 · N.J.S.A. 38:18A-2

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Official record

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