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A1930 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1930 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Danielsen

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires fire suppression systems in new single and 
two family homes.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning new home fire safety and 
supplementing the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, 
c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the "New Home Fire Safety Act."

���� 2.��� As used in this act:

���� "Commissioner" means 
the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

���� "Fire suppression 
system" means an engineered or pre-engineered system that suppresses a 
fire using an extinguishing agent distributed through fixed piping and nozzles 
that are activated either manually or automatically.� The system may include 
containers, nozzles, controls, automatic detection, manual releases, equipment 
shut downs, and alarms.� In such systems, an extinguishing agent is discharged 
through fixed pipes and nozzles into or over a potential fire hazard.

���� "Manufactured home" 
means a unit of housing manufactured in accordance with the standards 
promulgated for a manufactured home by the Secretary of the United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the "National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 
Pub.L.93-383 (42 U.S.C. s. 5401 et seq.).

���� "New home" means a 
dwelling not previously occupied, for which a construction permit has been 
issued after the effective date of P.L.��� , c.�� (C.��� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill) and intended for residential use by not more than two 
households, but shall not mean a manufactured home or a dwelling that is not 
connected to a public water system, as defined by section 3 of P.L.1977, c.224 
(C.58:12A-3), the �Safe Drinking Water Act.�

���� 3.��� a.� In any case where a 
change of occupancy of any building subject to the requirements of section 1 of 
P.L.1991, c.92 (C.52:27D-198.1) is subject to a municipal ordinance requiring 
the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, certificate of inspection, or other 
documentary certification of compliance with laws and regulations relating to 
safety, healthfulness, and upkeep of the premises, no such certificate shall be 
issued until the municipal officer or agency responsible for its issuance has 
received a certification from the enforcing agency that the new home is 
equipped with a fire suppression system that conforms to the requirements 
promulgated by the commissioner, pursuant to the State Uniform Construction 
Code and section 4 of P.L.��� , c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� b.��� The local governing body 
having jurisdiction over the enforcing agency or, where the Division of Codes 
and Standards is the enforcing agency, the commissioner, may establish a fee 
which covers the cost of inspection and of issuance of the certificate; however, 
if an inspection is being made and a certificate is being issued evidencing 
compliance with section 2 of P.L.1991, c.92 (C.52:27D-198.2), the fee 
authorized therein shall cover the costs of complying with this section.

���� 4.��� The commissioner shall 
modify the building subcode of the State Uniform Construction Code to require 
the installation of fire suppression systems in all new one- and two family 
homes pursuant to P.L.��� , c.�� (C.������ ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill). The modification shall require all fire suppression systems to be 
in compliance with subchapter 10 of chapter 10 of Title 7 of the New Jersey 
Administrative Code regarding Physical Connections and Cross Connection Control 
by Containment, and shall require the installation of separate shut-off valves 
and a meter for measuring water usage dedicated to fire suppression.

���� 5.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of 
enactment of P.L.��� , c.�� (C.������ ) (pending before the Legislature as this 
bill) and shall not apply to new homes built as part of a development plan or 
building permit approved on or before the effective date of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill, entitled the �New 
Home Fire Safety Act,� would require the installation of a fire suppression 
system in new single and two-family homes during the home�s construction.� The 
provisions of the bill would not apply to manufactured homes, or to any single 
and two-family homes that are not connected to public water systems.� The bill 
would also provide that a certificate of occupancy may not be issued for a new 
home until the State or local code enforcement agency determines that the home 
is equipped with