---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates term limits for members of State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers and State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors."
description: "Eliminates term limits for members of State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers and State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 5277"
citation: "New Jersey A 5277 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Houghtaling, Eric"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f76964-99b1-450e-94ed-cc994c641dfd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "baff6ba96fb0c65c0a7a63dd5740576620d77f7431c59430fb31a85ba487e08f"
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 5277 (218) — Eliminates term limits for members of State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers and State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors.

## 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/A9999/5277_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (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 Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3734
- **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.342. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f76964-99b1-450e-94ed-cc994c641dfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).