Requires PFRS enrollment to be retroactive to first date of employment for death benefit eligibility.

This bill changes New Jersey's Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) rules to ensure death benefits are available for police and fire personnel who die before enrolling in the system. It deems such employees retroactively enrolled from their first day of employment, allowing surviving spouses, children, or parents to receive death benefits they would have otherwise been ineligible for. For deaths occurring before the bill's enactment, survivors can apply for retroactive benefits within 12 months of the law taking effect. The change applies specifically to active police and fire department members who died prior to formal PFRS enrollment.