Pandemic Darlings The pandemic economy, in original documents
Home Source documents Statement to Senate No. 4499 — Senate Commerce Committee, State of New Jersey (May 22, 2025)

Statement to Senate No. 4499 — Senate Commerce Committee, State of New Jersey (May 22, 2025)

Summary

Statement to Senate No. 4499 with committee amendments, dated May 22, 2025, from the Senate Commerce Committee of the State of New Jersey. The committee reports favorably on Senate Bill No. 4499, which as amended requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in a cause of action. The statement says an insurance company named as a defendant will be referred to by the company's legal name and not by an assumed or fictitious name, and that triers of fact will be informed at trial of the legal name of the company. The committee amended the bill to update the title and the effective date, among other changes.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Cite this document

“Statement to Senate No. 4499 — Senate Commerce Committee, State of New Jersey (May 22, 2025).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-05-22-scm-s4499-s1-7959ea73ed/, SHA-256 6f2b390f73b1de2952f23c9833727890d465928ec98c5cdc3b79f6ab2f4ea3c6.

Full text

     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 4499
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                      DATED: MAY 22, 2025

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 4499.
    As amended, this bill requires defendants, including insurance
companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in a cause
of action.
    Under the bill, defendants, including insurance companies
named as a defendant, will be required to be properly identified
throughout litigation in actions for the recovery of damages.
During litigation or trial under the bill, an insurance company
named as a defendant will be properly referred to by the company’s
legal name and not by an assumed or fictitious name of the
company. Triers of fact will also be informed at trial of the legal
name of the company.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to:
    (1) update the title of the bill;
    (2) remove a provision stating that insurance companies will be the
sole named defendant in actions for the recovery of losses sustained as
a result of incidents or accidents involving covered persons;
    (3) state that, in actions for the recovery of damages, defendants
will be required to be properly identified through the litigation,
including insurance companies named as defendants;
    (4) remove the provision that the bill will apply to all lines of
insurance in the State, excluding annuities;
    (5) update the effective date to apply to all causes of action; and
    (6) update the synopsis.

File and source

File
2025-05-22_SCM_S4499_S1.pdf
Size
110,864 bytes
SHA-256
6f2b390f73b1de2952f23c9833727890d465928ec98c5cdc3b79f6ab2f4ea3c6
Our copy
2025-05-22_SCM_S4499_S1.pdf
Original
No public link identified.
Back to top