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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey Bill Permits State Retirement System Members to Purchase Pension Credit for Military Academy Enrollment
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs CommitteeSponsor: Wayne DeAngelo
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What This Bill Would Do
Assembly Bill 1053 allows members of major New Jersey public-employee and uniform retirement systems to purchase retirement for time spent enrolled in a United States military service academy.
Members of PERS, TPAF, PFRS, and SPRS gain the legal option to count their federal military academy years toward retirement calculations by paying the associated actuarial costs themselves without employer funding liability.
- New Jersey maintains several state-administered retirement systems for public employees, teachers, police, firefighters, and state troopers. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public Employees' Retirement System Members
Members gain the option to purchase pension service credit covering time spent enrolled in a U.S. military service academy.
State and Local Public Employers
Employers are statutorily exempted from any financial liability for payments toward members' purchases of military service academy credit.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
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