A5077 • 2026

Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Murphy, Carol A.
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.

What This Bill Does

Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.
Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-14 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.
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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A5077

ASSEMBLY, No. 5077

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain public utilities to provide
customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning certain public utility work and
supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.�� A public utility
providing electric, gas, sewer, telephone, or water service shall provide
written notice in a customer�s utility bill, of upcoming, scheduled utility
service work, which is not the result of an emergency, that could impact
traffic within a three-mile radius of the customer�s residence, as determined
by the board.

���� b.��� As used in this section:

���� �Board� means the Board of
Public Utilities or any successor agency.

���� �Emergency� means any
condition constituting a clear and present danger to life, health, or property
caused by a sudden natural or man-made disaster or related event.

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

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

STATEMENT

���� The bill provides that a
public utility providing electric, gas, sewer, telephone, or water service is
to provide written notice in a customer�s utility bill, of upcoming, scheduled
utility service work, which is not the result of an emergency, that could
impact traffic within a three-mile radius of the customer�s residence.� Under
the bill, �emergency� is defined as any condition constituting a clear and
present danger to life, health, or property caused by a sudden natural or
man-made disaster or related event.