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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000."
+description: "Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 5609"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5609 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Armato, John", "Freiman, Roy", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Land, R. Bruce", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Milam, Matthew W.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Sarlo, Paul A."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d329c76-543c-42b4-b3cf-e30d1026a852"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "0196f96e2cb5d519f50fcdf38ad7df6891394d83569d117bb49546353bbd01fb"
+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 A 5609 (218) — Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000.
+
+## 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/2018/Bills/A9999/5609_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
+- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
+- Milam, Matthew W. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
+- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3960
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.146. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d329c76-543c-42b4-b3cf-e30d1026a852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+