---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU."
description: "Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5463"
citation: "New Jersey A 5463 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, Garnet R.", "Kane, Melinda", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21c4b182-7288-4e8a-84c3-bc11ae72b96b"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "9378e5779c22844db030eb9452e3e4a232090aae05aa35d3aea9c3edc54a30ba"
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 5463 (221) — Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.

## 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/A5500/5463_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SEG 6/12/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5463_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–12** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **63–16** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **41–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, Garnet R. — primary (person)
- Kane, Melinda — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To As (Sauickie)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (41-28-4)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (61-12-5) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4363 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-8) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (63-16-1) `passage`
- **2025-08-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.129. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21c4b182-7288-4e8a-84c3-bc11ae72b96b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).