---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows certain emergency squad volunteers holding municipal elective office to vote on emergency squad concerns."
description: "Allows certain emergency squad volunteers holding municipal elective office to vote on emergency squad concerns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 169"
citation: "New Jersey S 169 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMER SVCS", "LOCAL OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "McKeon, John F.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246ce667-ba28-4f68-9d99-84f7c90b06a7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a94ff88189542eac8895b4f0dfca2b94effbefa4828eefe5266a07f8bdc0e331"
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 169 (217) — Allows certain emergency squad volunteers holding municipal elective office to vote on emergency squad concerns.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4329
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.181. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246ce667-ba28-4f68-9d99-84f7c90b06a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).