---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients's admission to long-term care facility.*"
description: "Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients's admission to long-term care facility.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 684"
citation: "New Jersey S 684 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIO", "HEALTH", "HEALTH FAC", "INTERNET", "TELEVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Sampson, William B.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, Chris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d57b1d6-a6f4-46fc-bbca-479669b0ddf1"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "2c17733bc715979d54d875a195ba3b2079541d9796faacc62aca3c6a4dbfe9fd"
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 684 (221) — Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients's admission to long-term care facility.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1000/684_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ACO 10/24/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1000/684_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2334 (1R)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-1) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d57b1d6-a6f4-46fc-bbca-479669b0ddf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).