(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 2/27/2024)
ASSEMBLY, No. 2165
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Wimberly, Webber, Assemblywomen Park, Murphy,
Assemblyman Sauickie, Assemblywoman Swain, Assemblyman Stanley,
Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblymen Barlas, Inganamort and Rodriguez
SYNOPSIS
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for
in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
CURRENT VERSION OF T EXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee with
technical review.
A2165 MOEN
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EXPLANATION – Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is
not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.
Matter underlined thus is new matter.
AN ACT concerning in-State tuition rates for certain students 1
attending public institutions of higher education and amending 2
P.L.1985, c.231. 3
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 5
of New Jersey: 6
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1. Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.231 (C.18A:62-4.1) is amended to 8
read as follows: 9
1. a. United States military personnel and their spouses and 10
dependents who are living in New Jersey and are attending public 11
institutions of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as 12
residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition. 13
In the event that a United States military service member is 14
relocated out of the State due to the service member’s continued 15
military service, the service member’s spouse or dependent shall 16
continue to be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of 17
determining tuition provided that: (1) the spouse or dependent was 18
enrolled in a public institution of higher education in New Jersey 19
prior to the service member’s relocation; and (2) the spouse or 20
dependent maintains continuous enrollment at the public institution 21
of higher education. 22
b. A dependent child of United States military personnel who 23
attended high school in New Jersey for a minimum of three years 24
shall be regarded by a public institution of higher education in New 25
Jersey as a resident of the State for the purpose of determining 26
tuition, regardless of where the dependent child resides upon 27
enrollment in the institution. 28
(cf: P.L.2021, c.49, s.1) 29
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 31