ASSEMBLY, No. 5307
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex and Union)
Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE
District 27 (Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Webber, Assemblywomen Donlon, Peterpaul, Assemblymen Rodriguez and Inganamort
SYNOPSIS
Permits Department of Veterans Affairs to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on December 8, 2025.
An Act permitting the Department of 1[Military and]1 Veterans Affairs to accept moneys for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements and supplementing chapter 1[13] 251 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of 1[Military and]1 Veterans Affairs shall be permitted to accept moneys received by the department as gifts, grants, or donations from the public and private sectors for the purpose of public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide.
Moneys received by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a special nonlapsing fund maintained by the State Treasurer. Moneys credited to such account shall be appropriated solely to fund public service announcements for the prevention of veteran suicide.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.