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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey requires professional boards to issue licenses to qualified military veterans with out-of-state credentials
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs CommitteeSponsor: Gerry Scharfenberger
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What This Bill Would Do
Professional and occupational boards in New Jersey are required to issue professional licenses, certificates, or registrations to honorably discharged military veterans who hold credentials in good standing from another . The measure mandates that boards create evaluation methods for equivalent out-of-state training and experience without requiring identical hours.
Changes employment credentialing rules for military veterans moving to New Jersey, affecting how their out-of-state training and professional licenses are evaluated by state boards.
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.
veterans
Veterans holding professional licenses or training from other jurisdictions or military service become eligible to receive professional licenses, certificates, or registrations in New Jersey under modified criteria.
professional or occupational board
Boards must issue professional credentials to qualifying veterans and establish evaluation methods for out-of-state and military training and experience.
Key Facts
- Professional or occupational boards must issue a license, certificate of registration, or certification to applicants with equivalent training, education, or experience received while serving or after serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
- Applicants must present evidence of honorable discharge from active military service.
- Applicants must hold a license, certificate, or certification in good standing in another jurisdiction.
- Applicants must comply with all other licensure requirements, including examination requirements.
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- Boards must provide methods of evaluating equivalent training, education, or experience obtained elsewhere.
- Evaluation methods cannot operate to require the same number of hours of experience by the applicant.
- Boards are permitted to require documentation of training, education, or experience necessary to determine eligibility.
- The act takes effect on the first day of the second month next following enactment, allowing for prior administrative actions.
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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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