SENATE MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2057

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  AUGUST 20, 2020

      The Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2057.

      As amended, this bill requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to provide a monthly report to veteran organizations and counties of the names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries the previous month.  The bill also requires that a representative of the person buried or cremated in a State veteran cemetery sign a waiver before the information may be released.

      Veteran organization means a veteran organization that qualifies as a section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) tax exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code, or a federally chartered Veterans’ Service Organization.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

      The committee amended the bill to remove the requirement of a monthly report to veteran organizations and counties of the names of all known veterans who passed away or were killed in action the previous month.