ASSEMBLY, No. 3758

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes that State police officers assigned to certain positions are not to be excluded from promotion.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act concerning the Division of State Police and supplementing Title 53 of the Revised Statutes.

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

     1.    a.  As used in this act:

     “Detachment from service position” means a temporary separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer’s assigned unit for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or unit.

     “Confidential position” means a position that requires a State law enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include, but not be limited to, involvement in positions that provide protective services to members of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. 

     b.    A State law enforcement officer shall not be excluded from promotion or otherwise penalized for engaging in a detachment from service position or from being assigned to a confidential position.  Any accrued time that a State law enforcement officer earns by assignment to a detachment from service position or a confidential position shall be included in time accrued for promotional purposes. 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

     This bill provides that a State law enforcement officer is not to be excluded from promotion or otherwise penalized for engaging in detachment from service or from being assigned to a confidential position. 

     The bill defines “detachment from service” as a temporary separation of a State law enforcement officer from the officer’s assigned unit for a specific purpose or duty involving assignment to a different location or unit. “Confidential position” is defined as a position that requires a State law enforcement officer to have access to sensitive information and may include involvement in positions that provide protective services to members of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. 

     Under the bill, detachment from service positions or confidential positions are to be included in the accrued time that a State law enforcement officer earns for promotional purposes.