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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax."
+description: "Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "A 655"
+citation: "New Jersey A 655 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Gopal, Vin", "Polistina, Vincent J.", "Verrelli, Anthony S.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9caf2b-09bc-4278-9e37-4e8173fe9a0e"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "38a37359ad87df4b43c7e8828703aa761352520c35682ce58edcb14714b8b344"
+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 655 (220) — Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/655_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Polistina, Vincent J. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3051
+- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.125. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b9caf2b-09bc-4278-9e37-4e8173fe9a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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