New Jersey A 3274: Requires identification cards for bail agent, per SCI recommendations.

Bill Text

A3274 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3274 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblywoman� DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Flynn, Assemblymen G.Rodriguez, 
Scharfenberger, Assemblywoman Rowan and Assemblyman Rumpf

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act establishing a Military Suicide Prevention Task 
Force and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.� The Department of Military 
and Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, 
shall establish a Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.� The purpose of the 
task force shall be to reduce military suicides and provide a plan for the 
elimination of all military suicides.� The task force shall recommend 
comprehensive strategies aimed at addressing suicide among members of the 
military, both active duty and veterans, and shall recommend ways to establish 
and execute plans and programs to implement those strategies.� 

���� 2.� The task force shall 
consist of 17 members:

���� a.� The following members, or 
their designees, shall serve ex-officio:

���� (1)� The Adjutant General of 
the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; 

���� (2)� The Commissioner of the 
Department of Human Services; 

���� (3)� The Attorney General; 

���� (4)� The State Treasurer; and 

���� (5)� The Commissioner of the 
Department of Transportation.

���� b.� The Adjutant General shall 
appoint two public members, each from different parts of the State, at least 
one of whom is a woman, as follows:� 

���� (1)� one of whom is a veteran; 
and 

���� (2)� one of whom is a disabled 
veteran.� 

���� c.� The Commissioner of the 
Department of Human Services shall appoint two public members, each from 
different parts of the State, as follows:

���� (1)� one member of the public 
with knowledge or experience in working with homeless persons; and

���� (2)� one member of the public 
with knowledge or experience in working with persons with disabilities.� 

���� d.� The President of the 
Senate shall appoint two public members, each from different parts of the 
State, as follows:� 

���� (1)� one member of the public 
who has knowledge or experience in veterans� employment issues; and 

���� (2)� one member of the public 
who is a veteran. 

���� e.� The Speaker of the General 
Assembly shall appoint two public members, each from different parts of the 
State, as follows:� 

���� (1)� one member of the public 
who has knowledge or experience in military-related mental health issues; and 

���� (2)� one member of the public 
who is a disabled veteran.

���� f.� The Governor shall appoint 
four public members, each from different parts of the State, as follows:� 

���� (1)� one member of the public 
who is a female veteran or female disabled-veteran; 

���� (2)� one member of the public 
who has knowledge or experience with treating post-traumatic stress disorder or 
total brain injury; 

���� (3)� one member of the public 
with knowledge or experience in treating military sexual trauma; and 

���� (4)� one member of the public 
with knowledge or experience in issues relevant to women in the military.� 

���� The public members shall be 
appointed no later than 60 days after the effective date of this act.� The 
public members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be 
reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties 
and within the limits of funds available to the task force.� 

���� 3.� a.� Each public member of 
the task force shall serve for a term of five years, except that in making the 
first appointments, three shall serve for a term of two years, three shall 
serve for a term of three years, three shall serve for a term of four years, 
and three shall serve for a term of five years.� The length of the respective 
term for each public member of the first task force shall be determined by lot 
at the organization of the task force.� 

���� The members shall be eligible 
for reappointment and shall serve until their successors are appointed and 
qualified, and the term of the successor of any incumbent shall be calculated 
from the expiration of the term of that incumbent.� A vacancy occurring in the 
membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment, but for the unexpired term only.� 

���� b.� The task force shall 
organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of a majority of its 
members.� The members of the task force shall elect, by a majority of the total 
membership of the task force, o