New Jersey residents behind on their bills but still waiting for state aid will continue to be shielded from having their utilities shut off even though the state’s shutoff moratorium recently ended. Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a bill into law extending the protection to those residents, a day after the state Legislature overwhelmingly passed the legislation (S2356). Murphy and legislative sponsors said the move would protect thousands of residents as they wait for state assistance amid economic hardship brought by the coronavirus pandemic. “Over the past two years, we have implemented c…