---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act\"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.*"
description: "\"Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act\"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5179"
citation: "New Jersey A 5179 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "PUB SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82cbd6d1-2a4b-4de8-ab90-2dcbaa271991"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "31a4337e2a96e33262f171473298e781c063b6505340649713450c09cf363e85"
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 5179 (220) — "Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.*

## 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/2022/A5500/5179_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint 11/30/23 Conditional Veto 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5179_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint ASL 3/20/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5179_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3516 (SCS)
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2023-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2023-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2023-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.186. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82cbd6d1-2a4b-4de8-ab90-2dcbaa271991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).