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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment."
+description: "Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 4556"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4556 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INTERNET", "PUB RECORDS", "PUBLIC UTIL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Smith, Bob", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45cf9aea-3c7a-4551-9f75-76fcd22f6d3f"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "3cf52847bc8edcb88bfc50a7f077cc5d47ea02f9a8f1047de20ec501cfa75c18"
+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 4556 (219) — Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute A4145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A5000/4556_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A5000/4556_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2611 (1R)
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.96. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45cf9aea-3c7a-4551-9f75-76fcd22f6d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+