STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Inganamort and Scharfenberger
SYNOPSIS
Permits interment of military working dogs at State-operated veterans' memorial cemeteries.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the interment of the remains of military working dogs and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Military working dogs shall be eligible for interment at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and any other State-operated veterans’ memorial cemetery.
b. As used in this section, “military working dog” means a dog that performs, or has performed, a service for the Department of Defense including, but not limited to, tracking, explosive detection, patrol, search and rescue, and attack.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits the interment of military working dogs at State-operated veterans’ memorial cemeteries.
Under this bill, military working dogs will be eligible for interment at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and at any other State-operated veterans’ memorial cemetery. This bill defines “military working dog” as a dog that performs, or has performed, a service for the Department of Defense including, but not limited to, tracking, explosive detection, patrol, search and rescue, and attack.