In an action that shoots from the fatal Seton Hall University fire of Jan. 19, 2000, the Assembly commonly passed a bill that will need all public and private colleges and residential schools to have only fire-retardant furniture in dormitories, classrooms and public places. Couches and other furniture wedged fire in the public area on the third floor of Boland Hall at Seton Hall in South Orange, serving to produce flames and smoke, which killed three students and injured dozens of others. “Unfortunately, the furniture purchased by many of New Jersey’s colleges and universities is not fire- resistant,” said Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), a prime sponsor of the measure. “Our institutions of higher education should be required to take fire safety into greater consideration when furnishing students’ dormito ries and classrooms.”