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NJ A1429

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Shama Haider

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts volunteer first responders from unemployment compensation law coverage when their stipends (including clothing allowances) fall below the threshold that would qualify as compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act

  • Excludes municipal stipends and clothing allowances paid to volunteer first responders from New Jersey gross income for state tax purposes

  • Defines "volunteer first responder" as volunteer firefighters, volunteer members of first aid/emergency/ambulance/rescue squad associations, and other individuals dispatched to accidents or emergencies to provide medical care or assistance

  • Tax exclusion applies to taxable years beginning after January 1 of the year following enactment

Legislative Description

Exempts certain volunteer first responders from coverage under "unemployment compensation law"; excludes from gross income amounts received for certain volunteer emergency services.

Appropriations

Last Action

Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

10/24/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations10/24/2024
Labor1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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