---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows municipality to determine if newly appointed individual serving as municipal fire department chaplain will hold rank and receive salary and benefits."
description: "Allows municipality to determine if newly appointed individual serving as municipal fire department chaplain will hold rank and receive salary and benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5275"
citation: "New Jersey A 5275 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7249e3-744c-4b5d-a2f2-d5d344bfdef1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2f08f6c0cddd774a06dac64bb15ef1b403825f18ca8df2023a43530a55ee634b"
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 5275 (220) — Allows municipality to determine if newly appointed individual serving as municipal fire department chaplain will hold rank and receive salary and benefits.

## 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/A5500/5275_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SCU 6/1/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5500/5275_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3671 (1R)
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.151. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c7249e3-744c-4b5d-a2f2-d5d344bfdef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).