A4159 • 2026

Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Murphy, Carol A.
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.

What This Bill Does

Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
Topic: Military and Veterans' Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
Topic:
Military and Veterans' Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4159

ASSEMBLY, No. 4159

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who
completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty
military service in lieu of training course requirements.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning firefighter certification and supplementing
Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the Firefighter
1 recruit training course requirements prescribed by the Division of Fire
Safety in the Department of Community Affairs for Firefighter 1 certification,
a person who meets the eligibility and examination requirements established by
the division for Firefighter 1 certification, but has not completed the
Firefighter 1 recruit training course, shall receive Firefighter 1
certification if the person completed at least 12 months of active duty
military service and satisfactorily completed military firefighter training
during the period of active duty military service.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that a
person who completed at least 12 months of active duty military service and has
satisfactorily completed military firefighter training is eligible to receive
Firefighter 1 certification.

���� Under current law, a candidate
for Firefighter 1 certification is required to meet the eligibility, training,
and examination requirements established by the Division of Fire Safety in the
Department of Community Affairs.� Under the bill, a person who has not
completed the training program requirements established by the division, but
meets the other eligibility and examination requirements required for
certification, is to receive a Firefighter 1 certificate if the person has
completed at least 12 months of active duty military service and has
satisfactorily completed military firefighter training during the period of
active duty military service.