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S3756 • 2026

Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McKnight, Angela V.
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.
  • Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.
Topic:
Law and Public Safety
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3756

SENATE, No. 3756

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes that State police officers assigned to
certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning the Division of State Police and supplementing Title 53 of the
Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this act:

���� �Detachment from service
position� means
a temporary
separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer�s assigned unit
for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or
unit.

���� �Confidential position� means
a position that requires a State law
enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include,
but not be limited to, involvement in positions that provide
protective
services to members of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches.�

���� b.��� A State law enforcement
officer shall not be excluded from promotion or otherwise penalized for
engaging in a detachment from service position or from being assigned to a
confidential position.� Any accrued time that a State law enforcement officer
earns by assignment to a detachment from service position or a confidential
position shall be included in time accrued for promotional purposes.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that a
State law enforcement officer is not to be excluded from promotion or otherwise
penalized for engaging in detachment from service or from being assigned to a
confidential position.�

���� The bill defines �detachment
from service� as
a temporary
separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer�s assigned unit
for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or
unit.
�Confidential position� is defined as
a position that requires a State law
enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include
involvement in positions that provide
protective services to members of
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches.�

���� Under the bill, detachment
from service positions or confidential positions are to be included in the
accrued time that a State law enforcement officer earns for promotional
purposes.