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S3583 • 2026

Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.

Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Beach, James
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.

Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.

What This Bill Does

  • Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
  • Topic: Military and Veterans' 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. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Topic:
Military and Veterans' Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3583

SENATE, No. 3583

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

.Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service
preference; creates additional preference benefits.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning veterans' civil service preference and supplementing chapter 5 of
Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It Enacted

by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.��� Any individual who
does not meet the definition of disabled veteran pursuant to subsection a. of
N.J.S.11A:5-1, but does meet the definition of disabled veteran in federal law
by 5 U.S.C. s.2108 as may be amended and supplemented and receives a passing score
on an open competitive examination shall be entitled to 10 additional points
above the individual's earned score.

���� b.��� Any individual who does
not meet the definition of veteran pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.11A:5-1
but does meet the definition of veteran in federal law by 5 U.S.C. s.2108 as
may be amended and supplemented and receives a passing score on an open competitive
examination shall be entitled to five additional points above the individual's
earned score.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on July 1 next following enactment, and shall apply to persons taking
examinations for appointments after that date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would expand
eligibility for veterans' hiring preference in the civil service so that
individuals who are eligible for veterans' preference in the federal civil
service, but are not eligible for preference in the State civil service, would
receive additional points above the individual's earned score on State civil
service examinations.

���� To receive the additional
points, an individual must meet the eligibility requirements established under
section 2108 of Title 5, United States Code, as may be amended and
supplemented.

���� This new benefit to disabled
veterans who did not serve in a time of war would apply only if an amendment to
the State Constitution is approved by the voters to permit such disabled
veterans to receive the benefit.