---
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).