S4159 • 2026

Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.

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Sponsor: Cryan, Joseph P.
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.

What This Bill Does

Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
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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S4159

SENATE, No. 4159

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides earned time credits to reduce parole
eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment
program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning inmates and supplementing Title 30 of the
Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� In addition to credits
received pursuant to R.S.30:4-92, section 3 of P.L.2009, c.330 (C.30:4-92a),
and R.S.30:4-140, the commissioner shall award an inmate credits in the amount
of 1.5 times the number of commutation credits that the inmate is entitled to
receive pursuant to R.S.30:4-140 while the inmate is participating in a
full-time substance abuse treatment program.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides earned time
credits to reduce the parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in
substance abuse treatment programs.

���� Under current law, an inmate
may receive certain credits that reduce the inmate�s parole eligibility date if
he or she has not been sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.�
In addition to other credits, an inmate may receive commutation credits, also
known as good time credits, which are determined based on a statutory schedule.

���� This bill provides that in
addition to any other credits that an inmate may receive, the commissioner is
to award an inmate 1.5 times the number of commutation or good time credits
that an inmate is entitled to receive under current law during the period of
time that an inmate is participating in a full-time substance abuse treatment
program.