New Jersey A 1660: Requires use of annual baseline concussion testing for student-athletes and cheerleaders in grades six through 12.

Bill Text

A1660 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1660 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MITCHELLE DRULIS

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits representative of National Association of 
County Veteran Service Officers to take leave of absence with pay to attend 
State or national conventions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

�� 

An Act concerning the National Association of County Veteran 
Service Officers and leave of absence for State or national conventions and 
amending R.S.38:23-2.

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

���� 1.� R.S. 38:23-2 is amended to read as follows:

���� 38:23-2.� The head of every public department 
and of every court of this State, every superintendent or foreman on the public 
works of this State, the heads of the county offices of the several counties 
and the head of every department, bureau and office in the government of the 
various municipalities, shall give a leave of absence with pay to every person 
in the service of the State, county or municipality who is a duly authorized 
representative of the Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish-American War 
Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, Disabled American Veterans' Auxiliary, 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., American Gold Star 
Mothers, Indian War Veterans, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, 
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Ladies Auxiliary, Department of New 
Jersey, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Catholic War Veterans of the United 
States, Ladies Auxiliary of New Jersey State Department, Catholic War Veterans, 
The 369th Veterans Association, Incorporated, Women's Overseas Service League, 
American Veterans of World War Two, Korea and Vietnam, and AMVETS Ladies 
Auxiliary, Reserve Officers Association of the United States, Marine Corps 
League of the United States, Army and Navy Legion of Valor, the Twenty-ninth 
Division Association, Council of State Employees, War Veteran Public Employees 
Association, New Jersey Civil Service Association, Blind Veterans Association 
of New Jersey, Army and Air National Guard Association of New Jersey, The 
National Guard Association of the United States, The United States Coast Guard 
Auxiliary, Navy League, Veterans of World War I of the United States of 
America, Polish Legion of American Veterans, Polish Legion of American 
Veterans, Ladies Auxiliary, the Italian American War Veterans of the United 
States, Incorporated, the Ladies Auxiliary, Italian American War Veterans of 
the United States, Incorporated, the New Jersey Firemen's Association, the New 
Jersey State Exempt Firemen's Association, the National Association of 
County Veteran Service Officers and the Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated, to 
attend any State or national convention of such organization.

���� A certificate of attendance to the State 
convention or encampment shall, upon request, be submitted by the 
representative so attending.

���� Leave of absence shall be for a period inclusive 
of the duration of the convention with a reasonable time allowed for time to 
travel to and from the convention.� No person shall be entitled to a total of 
more than five days' leave of absence with pay each calendar year for the 
purpose of attending, as authorized representative, the State or national 
convention of one or more of the above enumerated organizations.� The leaves of 
absence authorized hereunder shall not be cumulative and any unused leaves shall 
be canceled at the end of any given year.� 

(cf: P.L.1993, c.79, s.1).

���� 2. This act shall take effect 
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill will permit a 
representative of the National Association of County Veteran Service Officers 
(NACVSO) to take a leave of absence with pay in order to attend a State or 
national convention.