Exempts certain volunteer fire companies and volunteer fire departments from open public records act.

This bill (S 998) would exempt volunteer fire companies and volunteer fire departments from New Jersey's Open Public Records Act (OPRA). It directly affects these volunteer organizations by preventing public access to their records, such as communications or financial documents, under current disclosure laws. The key mechanism is amending OPRA to explicitly exclude these entities from the definition of "public body" subject to record disclosure requirements. This change would mean residents could not request or access most records held by volunteer fire groups through standard public records requests.