In the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee since March 23, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Senate Bill 3173
Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.
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 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
Its course
January 13 to March 23, 2026, 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.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading25–12
Passed · Mar 23
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Angela V. McKnight, Benjie E. Wimberly, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, James Beach, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nicholas P. Scutari, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal
Nay Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Holly T. Schepisi, James W. Holzapfel, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Robert W. Singer, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Anthony M. Bucco, Britnee N. Timberlake, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 16
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.