---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits service fees charged to restaurants by third-party food takeout and delivery applications during COVID-19 state of emergency.*"
description: "Limits service fees charged to restaurants by third-party food takeout and delivery applications during COVID-19 state of emergency.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2437"
citation: "New Jersey S 2437 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIO", "EMERG MGMT", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "DiMaso, Serena", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Gopal, Vin", "Quijano, Annette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854a8e40-c5f4-402b-a317-6b0b9f893020"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e61df8fe9c27ab702f0f3851b180bc51dbd93113b19efaff36b91d76e5ddad1c"
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 S 2437 (219) — Limits service fees charged to restaurants by third-party food takeout and delivery applications during COVID-19 state of emergency.*

## 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/2020/Bills/S2500/2437_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2500/2437_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — primary (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3978 (1R)
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-1-2) `passage`
- **2020-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.42. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/854a8e40-c5f4-402b-a317-6b0b9f893020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).