Legislation: batch C — MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1856.md

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component of US Armed Forces called to active federal military service who met maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination."
+description: "Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component of US Armed Forces called to active federal military service who met maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 1856"
+citation: "New Jersey S 1856 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL SVC", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Phoebus, Gail", "Pou, Nellie", "Space, Parker", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2208ea6-1a84-4345-beed-d8a7c55ba943"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "bceb457927e4af3ad9d37f149946ee6986ef36214765a1be710f1b9924ef2e46"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 1856 (217) — Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component of US Armed Forces called to active federal military service who met maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1856_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
+- Phoebus, Gail — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Space, Parker — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
+- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
+- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3846
+- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.54. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2208ea6-1a84-4345-beed-d8a7c55ba943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+