republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-1683.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.	Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 1683	New Jersey A 1683 (218)	bill	CIVIL ACTION PUBLIC UTIL	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Dancer, Ronald S. Greenstein, Linda R. Handlin, Amy H. Houghtaling, Eric Moriarty, Paul D. Pou, Nellie	1	10	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2019-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/09c1ce8c-9db0-4b60-bfdd-0ecd8b67bfdc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	39ed0f2f24500b92eff71b2049c538acbcad27028267a95433116e9899758ca2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1683 (218) — Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Handlin, Amy H. — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
• Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
• DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
• DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
• Wolfe, David W. — 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 Telecommunications and Utilities Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee referral-committee
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1990
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2019-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.60. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09c1ce8c-9db0-4b60-bfdd-0ecd8b67bfdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).