A5079 • 2026

Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.

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Passed Legislature

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.

What This Bill Does

Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.
Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness 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 Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5079

ASSEMBLY, No. 5079

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 electric, gas, and water public utilities to
provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and
emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance
organizations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

providing for bill credits to certain
organizations against charges for their electric, gas, and water service, and
supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The provisions of any
law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary notwithstanding, each electric,
gas, and water public utility, as defined in R.S.48:2-13, that provides service
to a facility operated by a volunteer fire company, by a first aid, rescue, or
emergency squad, or by a nonprofit homeless or domestic violence assistance
organization, shall allow a credit against total charges in each billing period
for the electric, gas, or water public utility�s distribution service, as
appropriate, to that facility.� The amount of the bill credit shall be a
percentage of the amount of the distribution service charge as shall be
established by the Board of Public Utilities.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately, but shall remain inoperative for 60 days following the date
of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires electric,
gas, and water public utilities that provide service to facilities operated by
volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, or emergency squads, or nonprofit
homeless or domestic violence assistance organizations to provide a credit in
each periodic bill for the electric, gas, or water public utility�s
distribution service charges, as appropriate, to that facility.� The bill
credit is to be a percentage of the amount of the public utility�s distribution
service charges, as established by the Board of Public Utilities.