A 1040 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.

This bill expands New Jersey's existing Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents Transportation Assistance Program to provide transportation services specifically for disabled veterans needing to attend medical appointments for service-connected conditions. It directs the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to work with counties to identify veterans' transportation needs and provides funding by redirecting 4% of casino revenue fund allocations (previously used for senior/disabled transport) to cover these new services. The program helps counties pay for expanded transit options, including door-to-door service or subsidized rides, for veterans certified with service-connected disabilities by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This directly affects disabled veterans in New Jersey who require transportation to VA-approved medical appointments but are not covered by existing travel reimbursement programs.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 7, 2026

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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 4 edits · Jan 13, 2026

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The bill moved from Technical Review status back to Introduced status. The primary substantive change is that the department name now reads 'Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs' rather than the TR version which proposed deleting 'Military and' (shown in brackets). A summary STATEMENT section was also added at the end of the bill.

TECHNICAL

The department name was corrected from 'Department of [Military and] Veterans Affairs' (where brackets indicated 'Military and' would be deleted) to 'Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs', preserving the full name and adding a possessive apostrophe.

A STATEMENT section was added at the end summarizing the bill's provisions: requiring DMVA to coordinate with counties on expanding transportation services for disabled veterans, defining 'disabled veteran,' and directing 4% of NJ Transit Casino Revenue Fund appropriations to county grants for this purpose.

A comma before the definition of 'disabled veteran' was changed to a colon (punctuation correction).

Header and status text changed from 'As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee with technical review' to 'Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel,' reflecting the bill's procedural stage.

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Committee

May 7, 2026

Committee

Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

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Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

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2 primary · 9 co-sponsors