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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies."
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description: "Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "218"
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identifier: "A 5263"
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citation: "New Jersey A 5263 (218)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FIREFIGHTERS", "HIGHER ED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Tully, P. Christopher"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "a5172df3f607d2a71969824f90e3ce2e533601c373af6b8896030a807ca22994"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5263_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5263_R1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Armato, John — primary (person)
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- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
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- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
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- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
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- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
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- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
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- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3519 (1R)
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- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
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- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.341. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a70375-c73e-49c0-8a93-4f1a46f23d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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