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A1295 • 2026

Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Miller, Cody D.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
  • Topic: Community and Urban Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

  2. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (71-0-0)

  3. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Topic:
Community and Urban Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A1295 ASL Statement 3/16/26

ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 1295

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MARCH 16,
2026

����� The Assembly State and Local Government Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1295.

����� As reported, t
his bill supplements the "Local Government Ethics
Law," P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.1 et seq.), to provide that a local
government agency cannot employ any person in a full-time or part-time position
while that person is on paid leave from a full-time or part-time position with
a local government agency of another county or municipality.

����� This bill was prefiled for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.