---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation."
description: "Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2050"
citation: "New Jersey S 2050 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corrado, Kristin M.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Quijano, Annette", "Testa, Michael L.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ace03d4-7b55-434a-ae29-383d7bc736f2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9133bcb8ca2bc4afe893b1470c6b9a3f64853c9c2c310ae9006386886f528501"
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 2050 (219) — Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.

## 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/2020/Bills/S2500/2050_I1.HTM)
2. **Senate Committee Substitute S2090** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2500/2050_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Peters, Ryan E. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Thomson, Edward H. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2481
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.93. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ace03d4-7b55-434a-ae29-383d7bc736f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).