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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish \"Energy Bill Watch\" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers."
+description: "Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish \"Energy Bill Watch\" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "S 3620"
+citation: "New Jersey S 3620 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC UTIL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey, David", "Burzichelli, John J.", "Miller, Cody D.", "Simmons, Heather", "Turner, Shirley K."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d54a684-1992-467d-a7d1-84ef23095ec1"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "7c73b1dde9ecf39dd2d2df38b113fed94a4312725fac4c5525f16d9392515667"
+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 S 3620 (221) — Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
+
+## 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/S4000/3620_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint ATU 12/9/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3620_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Assembly 1/30/25 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3620_R3.HTM)
+4. **Reprint SEG 10/10/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3620_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–13** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **25–13** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **60–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey, David — primary (person)
+- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
+- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Egan, Kevin P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-13) `passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Quijano) `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4817 (2R)
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (60-16-0) `passage`
+- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-13) `passage`
+- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.47. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d54a684-1992-467d-a7d1-84ef23095ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+