republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-2512.md

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Bill	Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.	Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 2512	New Jersey A 2512 (217)	bill	PUB RECORDS PUBLIC UTIL	enacted	DeAngelo, Wayne P. Houghtaling, Eric Pintor Marin, Eliana Turner, Shirley K. Whelan, Jim	1	8	3	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3cb11efe-66bf-44e9-9005-7f069a1fec41	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	e6a8c5e11710e8358ede16c15677ad886310c285ea87faa8ec5524041879a1eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2512 (217) — Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Whelan, Jim — primary (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1899
• 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.77. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cb11efe-66bf-44e9-9005-7f069a1fec41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).