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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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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.*"
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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.*"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "221"
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identifier: "S 684"
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citation: "New Jersey S 684 (221)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMMUNICATIO", "HEALTH", "HEALTH FAC", "INTERNET", "TELEVISION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Sampson, William B.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, Chris"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d57b1d6-a6f4-46fc-bbca-479669b0ddf1"
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source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
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source_hash: "2c17733bc715979d54d875a195ba3b2079541d9796faacc62aca3c6a4dbfe9fd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# 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.*
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1000/684_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint ACO 10/24/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1000/684_R1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
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- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
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- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
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- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
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- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
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- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
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- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
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- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
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- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
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- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
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- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
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- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
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- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2334 (1R)
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- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-1) `passage`
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- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
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- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
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- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.3. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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