Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to transfer certain funds for Office of Volunteerism to Department of Human Services and Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act amending the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, P.L.2026, c.27.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following language provision is added to section 1 of P.L.2026, c.27, the annual appropriations act for fiscal year 2027, as follows:
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
74 General Government Services
DIRECT STATE SERVICES
From the amount hereinabove appropriated for the Office of Volunteerism, $50,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Human Services and $50,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the purposes of effectuating the provisions of P.L.2026, c.87, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations act to reallocate funding provided for the Office of Volunteerism.
P.L.2026, c.87, which passed both houses of the Legislature on June 30, 2026, would require the Governor’s Office of Volunteerism in the Department of State, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, to modify and expand the State’s existing volunteer resources. The law is intended to make information regarding volunteer opportunities readily accessible to State residents seeking to comply with upcoming changes to federal work and community engagement requirements for Medicaid and SNAP benefits. In the first fiscal year following enactment, The law requires the State to appropriate $200,000 to effectuate its provisions, including $100,000 for the Office of Volunteerism in the Department of State, $50,000 for the Department of Human Services, and $50,000 for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations act provides $319,000 in funding to the Department of State for the Office of Volunteerism. This bill requires $50,000 of that funding to be transferred to the Department of Human Services and $50,000 to be transferred to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of P.L.2026, c.87.