Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
This New Jersey bill requires all subscription service providers (such as streaming platforms, gym memberships, or recurring payment services) to give customers an easy way to cancel their subscriptions using the same method they signed up (e.g., online, by phone, or in person). It also mandates that providers using "negative option" features (where silence or inaction is treated as acceptance) must clearly disclose terms, obtain explicit consent before charging, and provide a simple cancellation mechanism. Violations can result in fines up to $20,000 per offense, expanding previous rules that only applied to health clubs to cover all subscription services.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Vetoed
Jan 2026
Introduced Mar 6, 2025
Vetoed Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 18, 2025 · General Assembly May 22, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Dec 18, 2025
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Jan 12, 2026
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly
lower
Dec 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0)
lower
Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-0)
upper
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
lower
5 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
P
Gordon Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Cryan
DDemocratic
P
Mike Venezia
DDemocratic
P
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Katz
DDemocratic
Co
Cody Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Hutchison
DDemocratic
Co
Luanne Peterpaul
DDemocratic
Co
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
Co
Paul Moriarty
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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