A 3734 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.

This bill allows courts to order wireless phone service providers to transfer billing responsibility and ownership of a phone number to victims of domestic violence or stalking who have obtained a final restraining order. The court issues a separate order to the provider, specifying the victim's details and ensuring their contact information remains confidential from the abuser. After the transfer, the victim assumes all ongoing costs for the phone number and associated devices, though providers may require standard account setup documentation. If a provider cannot complete the transfer due to technical issues, they must notify both the victim and court within 72 hours.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 22, 2024 Last action May 12, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 24, 2025

How they voted

760
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 78
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic50
49 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 12, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors