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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract."
+description: "Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 1369"
+citation: "New Jersey A 1369 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC UTIL", "TELEPHONE", "TELEVISION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Benson, Daniel R.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e6a7364-4a03-47ff-877a-f3f2ee92d51b"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "c88a109de3a95fde774f30bf93416adb08e0b7a4c32708cca8c3b5b08d74560e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 1369 (218) — Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A1500/1369_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2801
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.188. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e6a7364-4a03-47ff-877a-f3f2ee92d51b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+