---
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).