Differentiates certain legal services from traditional insurance products.
This bill (A3802) clarifies that certain legal service plans are not considered "legal insurance" under New Jersey law. It defines "legal insurance" as payment for specified legal services over time, while explicitly excluding common arrangements like retainer contracts, basic consultation plans, union-provided legal help, and services from legal aid offices. The law ensures these excluded services remain outside traditional insurance regulations, which require claims payments and risk assumption. This directly affects legal service providers, insurers, and consumers by preventing misclassification of routine legal assistance as insurance.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2024
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced Feb 22, 2024
Signed Dec 19, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025 · General Assembly Oct 28, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2025
D
Democratic25
100% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Dec 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.170
executive
Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
Dec 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly
lower
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-1-0)
lower
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-0)
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
Dec 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 5, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
Oct 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (77-0-0)
lower
Sep 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 20, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
lower
5 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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