New Jersey S 1002: Requires health insurers to disclose broker commissions to purchasers.

Bill Text

S1002 

SENATE, No. 1002 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Creates disorderly persons offense of purporting to 
be public utility employee to gain access to residence.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning intentional misrepresentation of status as 
public utility employee and amending P.L.2007, c.232.

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2007, 
c.232 (C.2C:21-35) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� a.� A person who 
knowingly sells, offers or exposes for sale, or otherwise transfers, or 
possesses with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, or otherwise 
transfer, a document, printed form or other writing which falsely purports to 
be a public utility employee identification badge as required under the 
provisions of P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.) which could be used as a means 
of verifying a person's identity as a public utility employee is guilty of a 
crime of the second degree.

���� b.��� A person who knowingly 
makes, or possesses devices or materials to make, a document or other writing 
which falsely purports to be a public utility employee identification badge as 
required under the provisions of P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.) which could 
be used as a means of verifying a person's identity as a public utility 
employee is guilty of a crime of the second degree.

���� c.���� A person who knowingly 
exhibits, displays or utters a document or other writing which falsely purports 
to be a public utility employee identification badge as required under the 
provisions of P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.) which could be used as a means 
of verifying a person's identity as a public utility employee is guilty of a 
crime of the third degree.

���� d.��� A person who knowingly 
possesses a document or other writing which falsely purports to be a public 
utility employee identification badge as required under the provisions of 
P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.) which could be used as a means of verifying 
a person's identity as a public utility employee is guilty of a crime of the 
fourth degree.

���� e.���� A person who, for 
the purpose of gaining access to a residence, purports to be a public utility 
employee and is admitted to a residence based on the claimed status, but (1) 
does not possess any documents or writing as required under the provisions of 
P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.), and (2) does not have authority to access 
property furnished to the residence by any public utility, is guilty of a 
disorderly persons offense. 

(cf: P.L.2007, c.232, s.2)

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

STATEMENT 

���� At present, the sale, 
manufacture, use, or possession of a false public utility employee 
identification badge constitutes criminal conduct.� In order to increase public 
confidence in authorized public utility workers, and enhance security, public 
utility workers are required by law to prominently wear a public utility-issued 
identification badge at service calls.� Since this fact may not be commonly 
known to public utility customers, an actor who verbally misrepresents his 
status as a public utility employee, but does not use a badge to gain access to 
a residence, may still deceive public utility customers and expose them to 
danger.� 

���� This bill provides that a person 
who, for the purpose of gaining access to a residence, purports to be a public 
utility employee and is admitted to a residence based on the claimed status, 
but (1) does not possess any documents or writing as required under the 
provisions of P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.), and (2) does not have 
authority to access property furnished to the residence by any public utility, 
is guilty of a disorderly persons offense.

���� A recent incident in New 
Jersey involved an actor, not a public utility employee, who simply declared to 
a homeowner that he was a public utility worker sent to perform an inspection.� 
Based upon that representation, he was admitted to the residence, became 
aggressive towards the homeowner and demanded access to every room of the 
premises.