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

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1856	New Jersey S 1856 (217)	bill	CIVIL SVC VETERANS	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Phoebus, Gail Pou, Nellie Space, Parker Tucker, Cleopatra G.	1	8	3	2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d2208ea6-1a84-4345-beed-d8a7c55ba943	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	bceb457927e4af3ad9d37f149946ee6986ef36214765a1be710f1b9924ef2e46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/d2208ea6-1a84-4345-beed-d8a7c55ba943. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).