Became P.L.2025, c.387, on January 20, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 5798
Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jun 12
Linda S. Carter, Carmen Theresa Morales
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 12
6 co-sponsors
Clinton Calabrese, Shanique Speight, Gary S. Schaer, Shama A. Haider, Tennille R. McCoy, Benjie E. Wimberly
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
3 co-sponsors
Its course
June 16, 2025 to January 20, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJun 16 to Jan 12210 days
Telecommunications and UtilitiesJun 16 to Dec 11178 days
AppropriationsDec 11 to Dec 187 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jan 120 days
With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 208 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading52–23
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Senate, third reading28–10
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 11
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 18
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jun 16 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jun 16Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Telecommunications and Utilities
- Dec 11Telecommunications and Utilities recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Dec 18Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the General Assembly, 52 to 23
In the Senate Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Passed the Senate, 28 to 10, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 20, 2026
- Jan 20, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.387