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A1842 • 2026

Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.

Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Myhre, Gregory E.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.

Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.
  • Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency service organization residential rate.
Topic:
Telecommunications and Utilities
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1842

ASSEMBLY, No. 1842

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public utility to charge volunteer emergency
service organization residential rate.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning volunteer emergency service organization
public utility rates and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a. As used in
P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill):

���� �Public utility� shall have
the same meaning as provided in R.S.48:2-13.

���� �Volunteer emergency service
organization� means an organization that relies on volunteer members to provide
emergency services, including, but not limited to, fire department, first aid,
emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad services.

���� b.��� Notwithstanding any law,
rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a public utility shall charge a
volunteer emergency service organization a residential rate for service
delivered to the property at which the volunteer emergency service organization
primarily operates, if the residential rate is lower than the commercial rate
for service at that property.

���� c.���� A public utility, in
consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, shall establish a reasonable
procedure by which an organization may certify itself as a volunteer emergency
service organization with the public utility for the purposes of subsection b.
of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a public
utility to charge a volunteer emergency service organization a residential rate
for service delivered to the property at which the volunteer emergency service
organization primarily operates, if the residential rate is lower than the
commercial rate for the service at that property.� In consultation with the
Board of Public Utilities, a public utility is to establish a reasonable
procedure for an organization to certify itself as a volunteer emergency
service organization with the public utility for this purpose.

���� Under the bill, �volunteer
emergency service organization� means an organization that relies on volunteer
members to provide emergency services, including, but not limited to, fire
department, first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad services.