---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes certain local government utilities to impose additional connection fees; requires certain new credits and reductions for these fees."
description: "Authorizes certain local government utilities to impose additional connection fees; requires certain new credits and reductions for these fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1247"
citation: "New Jersey S 1247 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTH - LOCAL", "LOC GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Rice, Ronald L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caca2c0b-cdf9-4a23-9f28-0e03fd74922b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "90fb3001c64efcdb3941daede5288deb9377137e9c2d10d019bd53bed05df2e6"
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 1247 (218) — Authorizes certain local government utilities to impose additional connection fees; requires certain new credits and reductions for these fees.

## 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/S1500/1247_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1500/1247_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–11** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2779 (1R)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-11-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.74. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caca2c0b-cdf9-4a23-9f28-0e03fd74922b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).