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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies."
+description: "Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 5263"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5263 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FIREFIGHTERS", "HIGHER ED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Tully, P. Christopher"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "a5172df3f607d2a71969824f90e3ce2e533601c373af6b8896030a807ca22994"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 5263 (218) — Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5263_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5263_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3519 (1R)
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
+- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.341. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+