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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*"
+description: "Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 5538"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5538 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOC GOVT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hutchison, Dan", "Miller, Cody D.", "Moriarty, Paul D."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32cc46e7-1923-49c6-b466-ee7c99813b54"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "4aa7b1d3bbc6ab3d3db65d2355e45822ed895f5c646e567672b5a284f3138658"
+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 5538 (221) — Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A6000/5538_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AAP 6/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A6000/5538_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4344 (1R)
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.267. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32cc46e7-1923-49c6-b466-ee7c99813b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+