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A4669 • 2026

Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.

Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Dunn, Aura K.
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.

Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.
  • Topic: Consumer Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.
Topic:
Consumer Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4669

ASSEMBLY, No. 4669

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� AURA K. DUNN

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits solicitation of business based on death
notices and obituaries.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning solicitation based on death notices and
obituaries and supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� It shall be an
unlawful practice for any person, business, or entity to solicit an individual
for business based on the print or electronic publication of a death notice or
obituary, including from public records, of a family member or tenant residing
on a property within the first 90 days of that publication.

���� b.��� A violation of this
section shall be a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.), and shall be
subject to all remedies and penalties available pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39
(C.56:8-1 et seq.) in addition to any other remedies or penalties provided by
law.

���� c.���� For the purposes of
this section, "family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling,
aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, grandparent, grandchild,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent,
stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister, whether the
individual is related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that it is
an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud act for any person, business, or
entity to solicit an individual for business based on the print or electronic
publication of a death notice or obituary, including from public records, of a
family member or tenant residing on a property within the first 90 days of that
publication.

���� An unlawful practice under the
consumer fraud act is punishable by a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000
for a first offense and not more than $20,000 for any subsequent offense. In
addition, a violation can result in cease and desist orders issued by the
Attorney General, the assessment of punitive damages, and the awarding of
treble damages and costs to the injured party.