S3173 • 2026

Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Scutari, Nicholas P.
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.

What This Bill Does

Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.
Topic: Judiciary Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature
Passed by the Senate (25-12)
2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3173 1R

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3173

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Senator JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires defendants, including insurance companies
named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on March
16, 2026, with amendments.

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An Act

concerning litigation transparency and supplementing Title 17 of the Revised
Statutes.

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

���� 1.���
a.
In an action for the recovery of
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[
damages
]

uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage
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, defendants shall be properly named throughout the
litigation, including insurance companies named as defendants.

���� b.
During litigation and at any trial subject to subsection a. of this section, an
insurance company named as a defendant shall be referred to by the company�s
legal name, as filed and approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
pursuant to the �New Jersey Insurance Producer Licensing Act of
2001,� P.L.2001, c.210 (C.17:22A-26 et seq.), and not by any assumed or
fictitious name of the company. At any trial subject to subsection a. of
this section, the triers of fact shall be informed of the legal name of the
defendant.

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c.�� Subsection a. of this section shall only apply to
automobile insurance required pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1968, c.385
(C.17:28-1.1).
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���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately
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and
shall apply to causes of action that are pending or filed on or after the date
of enactment
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