Bill Text: NJ S4264 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Increases days of paid leave of absence for public employees who serve in a Reserve component of the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-11 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S4264 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4264-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Wimberly
SYNOPSIS
Increases days of paid leave of absence for public employees who serve in a Reserve component of the United States Armed Forces.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 11, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning paid leave of absence for certain members of 1[the] a Reserve component of the1 United States 1[Reserves] Armed Forces1 and amending R.S.38:23-1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.38:23-1 is amended to read as follows:
38:23-1. a. A permanent or full-time temporary officer or employee of the State or of a board, commission, authority or other instrumentality of the State, or of a county, school district or municipality, who is a member of the 1[organized reserve of the] United States1 Army 1[of the United States] Reserve1, 1[United States Naval] Navy1 Reserve, 1[United States]1 Air Force Reserve1, Coast Guard Reserve,1 or 1[United States]1 Marine Corps Reserve, or other organization affiliated therewith, including the National Guard of other states, shall be entitled, in addition to pay received, if any, as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, to leave of absence from his or her respective duty without loss of pay or time on all work days on which he or she shall be engaged in any period of Federal active duty, provided, however, that such leaves of absence shall not exceed [30] 90 work days in any calendar year. Such leave of absence shall be in addition to the regular vacation or other accrued leave allowed such officer or employee. Any leave of absence for such duty in excess of [30] 90 work days shall be without pay but without loss of time.
b. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section, a full-time temporary officer or employee who has served under such temporary appointment for less than one year shall receive for the service hereinabove described leave without pay but without loss of time.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.351, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
