---
type: "Bill"
title: "Differentiates certain legal services from traditional insurance products."
description: "Differentiates certain legal services from traditional insurance products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 3802"
citation: "New Jersey A 3802 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Freiman, Roy", "Pennacchio, Joseph", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5606ff94-6dad-4591-a87f-3d9a20911e48"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "467b70d94bb5ff5c97dd2025243b97f312594351ae724c3b9ffa27e42c090684"
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 3802 (221) — Differentiates certain legal services from traditional insurance products.

## 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/A4000/3802_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto 11/24/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3802_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 2/25/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3802_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **79–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3061 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-1-0) `passage`
- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.170 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5606ff94-6dad-4591-a87f-3d9a20911e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).