A1939 • 2026

Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Quijano, Annette
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Topic: Judiciary Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Official Summary Text

Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1939

ASSEMBLY, No. 1939

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes executor or administrator to take control
of online accounts of deceased person.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning probate procedure and supplementing chapter
10 of Title 3B of the New Jersey Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� The executor or
administrator of an estate shall have the power where otherwise authorized, to
take control of, conduct, continue or terminate any accounts of a deceased
person on any social networking website, any microblogging or short message
service website or any e-mail service websites.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would allow
executors and administrators to access, delete or administer online accounts of
deceased persons.� The bill is based on legislation enacted in Oklahoma
in 2010, and follows similar enactments in other jurisdictions.�

���� It is the sponsor�s intention
to clarify that the executor or administrator is authorized to take necessary
or permissible steps, which may include obtaining a court order, to access the
contents of a decedent�s online accounts.�