Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GERRY SCHARFENBERGER
District 13 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE
District 9 (Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Flynn and Fantasia
SYNOPSIS
Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the State Police and undocumented immigrants and supplementing Title 53 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Right to Know Act.”
2. a. The State Police shall develop and maintain a publicly available list of persons in the State who:
(1) have been convicted of or charged with a crime;
(2) lack valid documentation of the legal right to be in the United States; and
(3) currently are in the custody of a State, county, or municipal correctional facility.
b. The list required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall, for each person listed, include:
(1) a photograph of the person;
(2) the crime for which the person was convicted or is currently charged; and
(3) the location and date of the person’s release from custody.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes the “Right to Know Act,” which requires the State Police to develop a database of undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions or charges.
Under the bill, the State Police are required to develop and maintain a publicly available list of persons in the State who: have been convicted of or charged with a crime; lack valid documentation of the legal right to be in the United States; and are currently in the custody of a State, county, or municipal correctional facility.
The bill also requires that the list include, for each person listed, a photograph of the person, the crime for which the person was convicted or is currently charged, and the location and date of release from custody.