republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5537.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*	Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5537	New Jersey A 5537 (221)	bill	FIREFIGHTERS HAZ SUBSTANC	enacted	Hutchison, Dan McKnight, Angela V. Miller, Cody D. Moriarty, Paul D. Stanley, Sterley S.	2	8	4	2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b2069da8-b530-4eb9-8d1b-7f32da559619	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	8995194066484c567fd5ea6548548424812212d0820c9f4fc9c21175aa0d2be3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5537 (221) — Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint APS 6/19/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S4346 (1R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.266. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2069da8-b530-4eb9-8d1b-7f32da559619. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).