---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities."
description: "Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1477"
citation: "New Jersey A 1477 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Testa, Michael L.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bac479d-b0ab-4230-bb00-a8ebe50b6d4f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c25bb89bd7d66201cb41fdd9c8e8c5c9a9e24b85c987179cfcdc40e3c321f8d1"
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 1477 (220) — Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.

## 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/A1500/1477_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer, Beth — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — 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 and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Bergen)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (44-30-0) (Greenwald)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1536
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.105. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bac479d-b0ab-4230-bb00-a8ebe50b6d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).