KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to New Jersey

A2363 • 2026

Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.

Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Moen, William F., Jr.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.

Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
A2363

ASSEMBLY, No. 2363

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson,
Flynn and Morales

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public institutions of higher education to
waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and
members of military.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning certain fees charged by public
institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 62 of Title 18A of
the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� A public institution of
higher education shall waive or reimburse the institution�s application fee and
fee for the receipt or transmission of a transcript for each veteran, member of
the Armed Forces of the United States, member of the Reserve components

thereof,
or member of the New Jersey National Guard who resides in the State and accepts
admission to the institution.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

����� This bill requires a public institution of higher
education to waive or reimburse the institution�s application fee and fee for
the receipt or transmission of a transcript for each veteran, member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, the Reserve components thereof, or member of
the New Jersey National Guard who resides in the State and accepts admission to
the public institution of higher education.