---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for State agency reviews and increases of income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs."
description: "Provides for State agency reviews and increases of income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5733"
citation: "New Jersey A 5733 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Egan, Kevin P.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Stack, Brian P.", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d2825e-ce5d-4423-8654-a273f80258d8"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "59546f767c15e67320635c7da588b71870535ca194e9c26b10ef5e070dd3a774"
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 5733 (221) — Provides for State agency reviews and increases of income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs.

## 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/A6000/5733_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **58–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Egan, Kevin P. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons, Heather — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (58-18-2) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4522
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L. 2025, c.270. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50d2825e-ce5d-4423-8654-a273f80258d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).