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S3225 • 2026

Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.

Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Turner, Shirley K.
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.

Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.
  • Topic: Economic Growth Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.
Topic:
Economic Growth
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3225

SENATE, No. 3225

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges
and certain fees.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning public utility fees and supplementing Title
48 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:�

���� �Surcharge� means an
additional amount imposed by the public utility at the time of a payment
transaction that increases a charge to a public utility customer to recover the
cost of the public utility�s use of third-party payment processing services.

���� �Public utility� means the
same as that term is defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13.

���� b.��� A public utility shall
not assess:�

���� (1)�� a surcharge to any
public utility customer;

���� (2)�� a fee to any public
utility customer who has not enrolled in automatic payments through the public
utility and, instead, has elected to make one-time payments to the public
utility for services rendered to that customer by the public utility; or

���� (3)�� a fee to any public
utility customer who has not enrolled in paperless statements through the
public utility company and, instead, has elected to receive paper statements
from the public utility.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits public
utilities from assessing:� (1) a surcharge to any public utility customer; (2)
a fee to any public utility customer who has not enrolled in automatic payments
through the public utility and, instead, has elected to make one-time payments
to the public utility for services rendered to that customer by the public
utility; or (3) a fee to any public utility customer who has not enrolled in
paperless statements through the public utility company and, instead, has
elected to receive paper statements from the public utility.� Under the bill,
�surcharge� means an additional amount imposed by the public utility at the
time of a payment transaction that increases a charge to a public utility
customer to recover the cost of the public utility�s use of third-party payment
processing services.