Became P.L.2025, c.3, on January 30, 2025.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 684
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.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 9
4 co-sponsors
Nellie Pou, James W. Holzapfel, Paul D. Moriarty, Benjie E. Wimberly
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Dec 19
Lisa Swain, William B. Sampson IV
Chief co-sponsors from Dec 19
21 co-sponsors
Roy Freiman, Wayne P. DeAngelo, Carol A. Murphy, Yvonne Lopez, Herb Conaway Jr., Clinton Calabrese, Joe Danielsen, Reginald W. Atkins, Pamela R. Lampitt, Robert J. Karabinchak, Ellen J. Park, Shama A. Haider, Alex Sauickie, Sterley S. Stanley, Linda S. Carter, Mitchelle Drulis, Gerry Scharfenberger, Victoria A. Flynn, Carmen Theresa Morales, Margie Donlon M.D., Luanne M. Peterpaul Esq.
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 30, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action10 actions on 6 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Feb 1234 days
CommerceJan 9 to Feb 527 days
In the General AssemblyFeb 12 to Dec 19311 days
Consumer AffairsFeb 12 to Oct 24255 days
Back in the SenateDec 19 to Dec 190 days
With the GovernorDec 19 to Jan 3042 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Commerce5–0
Do pass · Feb 5
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph P. Cryan, Nellie Pou, Robert W. Singer
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Feb 12
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Andrew Zwicker, Britnee N. Timberlake, Joseph F. Vitale
General Assembly, third reading70–0
Passed · Dec 19 · 1 present
Senate, concurrence37–0
Passed · Dec 19
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Bob Smith, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 24
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Feb 12
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Commerce
- Feb 5Commerce recommended it
- Read a second time
- Feb 12Passed the Senate, 37 to 0
In the General Assembly Feb 12 – Dec 19
- Feb 12Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Consumer Affairs
- Oct 24Consumer Affairs recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 19Passed the General Assembly, 70 to 0
Back in the Senate Dec 19
- Dec 19Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes
- Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 30, 2025
- Jan 30, 2025Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.3