republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5538.md

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Bill	Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*	Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5538	New Jersey A 5538 (221)	bill	LOC GOVT	enacted	Hutchison, Dan Miller, Cody D. Moriarty, Paul D.	2	11	6	2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/32cc46e7-1923-49c6-b466-ee7c99813b54	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	4aa7b1d3bbc6ab3d3db65d2355e45822ed895f5c646e567672b5a284f3138658	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5538 (221) — Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
• Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — 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
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (79-0-0) passage
• 2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 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 S4344 (1R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.267. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32cc46e7-1923-49c6-b466-ee7c99813b54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).