Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
This bill standardizes pension benefits for New Jersey teachers by moving all current non-retired members of the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) into a single benefit tier (previously called "Tier 1"), granting them the same retirement benefits as members who joined before July 1, 2007. It requires public employers to enroll teachers earning above minimum salary but not meeting work-hour requirements into TAPF within 60 days of enactment. Teachers in the separate Defined Contribution Retirement Program (DCRP) can automatically transfer their service credit to TAPF for retirement eligibility (but not pension amount calculations), with contributions staying in DCRP; they may opt out within six months of notification. The bill also allows TAPF members with long-term disability insurance to apply for disability retirement within two years of enactment.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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4 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
P
Carmen Morales
DDemocratic
P
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Al Abdelaziz
DDemocratic
Co
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Angelozzi
DDemocratic
Co
Antwan McClellan
RRepublican
Co
Balvir Singh
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
Co
Cleopatra Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Cody Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Don Guardian
RRepublican
Co
Erik Simonsen
RRepublican
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