republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-4556.md

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Bill	Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.	Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 4556	New Jersey A 4556 (219)	bill	INTERNET PUB RECORDS PUBLIC UTIL	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Karabinchak, Robert J. Pinkin, Nancy J. Quijano, Annette Smith, Bob Zwicker, Andrew	2	8	4	2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00	2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/45cf9aea-3c7a-4551-9f75-76fcd22f6d3f	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3cf52847bc8edcb88bfc50a7f077cc5d47ea02f9a8f1047de20ec501cfa75c18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4556 (219) — Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute A4145 (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Smith, Bob — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2611 (1R)
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.96. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45cf9aea-3c7a-4551-9f75-76fcd22f6d3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).