---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*"
description: "Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 3894"
citation: "New Jersey A 3894 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS", "PUB SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Quijano, Annette", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac4bb074-08e7-4a34-beff-ac77434ddbbb"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "8c0303f4d239df3eb6eb8278d68dedfc79cc881940f3d6ef50611f4e61355fdd"
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 3894 (221) — Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*

## 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/2024/A4000/3894_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint APS 11/14/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3894_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (69-4-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2580 (1R)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.19. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac4bb074-08e7-4a34-beff-ac77434ddbbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).