STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning litigation transparency and supplementing Title 17 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. In an action for the recovery of damages, 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.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all causes of action.
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.