Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.
This bill (A2163) requires New Jersey's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) to provide a monthly report to specified veteran organizations, county officers, and municipal registers listing names of individuals buried or cremated in state veteran cemeteries. The reports must include only names for which a family representative has signed a waiver permitting disclosure, and the information may be transmitted electronically. The bill explicitly states that these monthly reports and waivers are confidential and not subject to public records disclosure laws. It defines "veteran organizations" as those qualifying under IRS 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) categories or federally chartered Veterans Service Organizations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Sep 2024
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Jan 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 18, 2025 · General Assembly Sep 26, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Dec 18, 2025
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jan 12, 2026
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.229.
executive
Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
Jun 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Sep 30, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
upper
Sep 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
May 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
lower
4 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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