A5082 • 2026

Requires certain water companies to provide representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.

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: 2026-05-14
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires certain water companies to provide representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.

What This Bill Does

Requires certain water companies to provide representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.
Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has 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 certain water companies to provide representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5082

ASSEMBLY, No. 5082

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 water companies to provide
representative of fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company
access to fire hydrants for water flow rate testing purposes.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning certain fire hydrant access 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.� Notwithstanding the
provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a water
company operating as a public utility, pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, shall allow an
authorized representative of a fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire
company to access a fire hydrant used by the fire department, fire district, or
volunteer fire company for public fire protection purposes in order to
ascertain the water flow rate of a fire hydrant.

���� b.��� As used in this section:

���� �Fire department� shall have
the same meaning as provided in section 2 of P.L.1977, c.85 (C.34:13A-15).

���� �Fire district� means a fire
district organized pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:14-70 et seq.

���� �Volunteer fire company� means
a volunteer fire company organized pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes
or Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a water
company operating as a public utility under the jurisdiction of the Board of
Public Utilities to allow an authorized representative of a fire department,
fire district, or volunteer fire company to access a fire hydrant used by the
fire department, fire district, or volunteer fire company for public fire
protection purposes in order to ascertain the water flow rate of a fire
hydrant.�