SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, No. 205

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

ADOPTED JANUARY 30, 2020

Sponsored by:

Senator  CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS

District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Addiego

SYNOPSIS

     Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan’s Law.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Substitute as adopted by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee.

An Act concerning community notification and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

     1.    a.  The Attorney General shall provide a means for email notification to any person who requests to be notified pursuant to subsection b. of this section when a sex offender, whose registration information is posted on the Internet pursuant to P.L.2001, c.167 (C.2C:7-12 et seq.), registers a new address in a different county or zip code from the offender’s previous address or when any other information concerning that sex offender is updated on the registry.

     b.    A person may request to receive notification by email pursuant to subsection a. of this section for updated information for not more than three counties or zip codes.

     c.     The Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines to effectuate the provisions of this act.

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment.