STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator NICHOLAS J. SACCO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Mejia, Assemblywomen Jimenez, Vainieri Huttle, Murphy, Senators Gill and O'Scanlon
SYNOPSIS
Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the endangerment of children and preservation of certain information and supplementing P.L.1998, c.134 (C.52:17B-191 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A provider of an electronic communication service, as that term is defined in in section 2 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-2), who, after obtaining actual knowledge of any facts or circumstances concerning endangerment of a child in violation of N.J.S.2C:24-4, and after reporting that information to the hotline established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1998, c.134 (C.52:17B-193), or any successor hotline, shall retain that information for at least 180 days from the submission of the report.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a provider of an electronic communication service who, after obtaining actual knowledge of any facts or circumstances concerning child endangerment and reporting that information to the Computer Crimes Task Force Hotline, or any successor hotline, to retain that information for at least 180 days from the submission of the report.