republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-5263.md

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Bill	Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.	Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 5263	New Jersey A 5263 (218)	bill	COUNTIES FIREFIGHTERS HIGHER ED	enacted	Armato, John Corrado, Kristin M. Tully, P. Christopher	2	8	4	2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00	2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a5172df3f607d2a71969824f90e3ce2e533601c373af6b8896030a807ca22994	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5263 (218) — Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3519 (1R)
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) passage
• 2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.341. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).