New Jersey S 4350: Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.

Bill Text

S4350 

SENATE, No. 4350 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Corrado

SYNOPSIS

���� Waives certain professional and occupational 
licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act 
concerning certain exemptions from payment of license fees for professional and 
occupational licenses for veterans and their spouses and supplementing 
P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).

���� Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� As 
used in this act:

����� �Board� 
means a professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, 
c.73 (C.45:1-15) that issues a professional or occupational license, 
certificate of registration, or certification.

����� �Veteran� 
means a person who received an honorable discharge at any time from a 
branch of the active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United 
States or the National Guard of any state.

����� 2.�� Notwithstanding 
the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a board shall 
not charge a fee for the initial application and issuance of a professional or 
occupational license, certificate of registration, or certificate to an 
applicant who is a veteran or the spouse, domestic partner, or civil union 
partner of a veteran if that applicant resides in this State and holds a 
current license to practice the profession or occupation in another 
jurisdiction that the board determines has licensure requirements to practice 
the profession or occupation that are equivalent, or substantially equivalent, 
as the case may be, to those adopted by the board.

���� 3.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the third month following enactment. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that the 
professional and occupational licensing boards in the Division of Consumer 
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety will not charge a fee for an 
initial application and issuance of a license, certificate of registration, or 
certificate to a veteran or the veteran�s spouse, domestic partner, or civil 
union partner if that individual resides in New Jersey and is seeking issuance 
of a credential on the basis of reciprocity.� In each such instance, the board 
has determined that the veteran, spouse, or partner holds a current license to 
practice the profession or occupation in another jurisdiction with licensure 
requirements that are equivalent, or substantially equivalent, to those adopted 
by the board.

���� The bill defines �veteran� as 
a person who received an honorable discharge at any time from a branch of the 
active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the 
National Guard of any state.