ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4266
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JANUARY 16, 2025
The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably
and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4266.
As amended, this bill provides that only registered design
professionals or employees with certified fire escape contractors are
authorized to install, service, repair, inspect, and maintain fire escapes.
The bill defines “fire escape contractor” to mean a person or
business entity that offers to undertake or represents itself as being
able to undertake, or does undertake the installation, service, repair,
inspection, or maintenance, of fire escapes. Under the bill, a fire
escape contractor is required to be a licensed design professional or
an employee with a fire escape contractor. The bill defines
“registered design professional” to mean an architect or engineer
registered or licensed to practice professional architecture or
engineering, as defined by the statutory requirements of the
professional registration laws of the state in which the project is to be
constructed. The bill also adds the classification of "Fire Escape
Contractor" as a certified classification to be issued by the
Commissioner of Community Affairs.
The bill provides that the commissioner is required to adopt
regulations for the certification of fire escape contractors.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) define “architect,” “fire escape,” “fire escape contractor,” and
“registered design professional” and modify the definitions of “fire
protection equipment” and “fire protection contractor;”
(2) provide that only licensed design professionals or employees
with certified fire escape contractors are authorized to install, service,
repair, inspect, and maintain fire escapes;
(3) require the Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt
regulations for the certification of fire escape contractors;
(4) add the classification of "Fire Escape Contractor" as a
certified classification to be issued by the commissioner; and
(5) remove amendments the bill previously made to P.L.1975,
c.217 and P.L.1983, c.383.