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Bill Text

A1260 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1260 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman GERRY SCHARFENBERGER

District 13 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Webber, Assemblywoman 
Flynn, Assemblymen McGuckin, Kanitra and Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� "Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation 
Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking 
capability in certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning obscene material and supplementing 
P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

���� 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 �Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act.�

���� 2.��� a. �It shall be an 
unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) to manufacture, 
sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content 
accessible on the Internet:

���� (1)� unless the product 
contains digital blocking capability that renders any obscene material, as 
defined in N.J.S.2C:34-2 or N.J.S.2C:34-3, inaccessible; and

���� (2)� to a minor unless the 
digital blocking capability is active and properly operating to make obscene 
material inaccessible.

���� b.��� A person who manufactures, 
sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes a product that makes content 
accessible on the Internet shall:

���� (1)� make reasonable and 
ongoing efforts to ensure that the digital content blocking capability 
functions properly;

���� (2)� establish a reporting 
mechanism, such as a website or call center, to allow a consumer to report 
unblocked obscene material or report blocked material that is not obscene;

���� (3)� ensure that all child 
pornography and revenge pornography is inaccessible on the product;

���� (4)� prohibit the product from 
accessing any hub that facilitates prostitution; and 

���� (5)� render websites that are 
known to facilitate human trafficking, in violation of section 1 of P.L.2005, 
c.77 (C.2C:13-8), inaccessible.

���� 3.��� a.�� Any digital 
blocking capability may be deactivated after a consumer:

���� (1)� requests in writing that 
the capability be disabled;

���� (2)� presents identification 
to verify that the consumer is 18 years of age or older;

���� (3)� acknowledges receiving a 
written warning regarding the potential danger of deactivating the digital 
blocking capability; and 

���� (4)� pays a one-time $20 
digital access fee.

���� b.��� A person who 
manufactures, sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes a product that 
makes content accessible on the Internet may elect to pay a $20 opt-out fee for 
each product that enters this State�s stream of commerce.

���� c.��� A person who 
manufactures, sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes a product that 
makes content accessible on the Internet shall submit the funds collected as 
the digital access fee, pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this 
section, or the opt-out fee pursuant to subsection b. of this section, to the 
State Treasurer each quarter.� The State Treasurer shall forward the funds 
collected to the Attorney General to help fund the operations of the Commission 
on Human Trafficking, established by section 1 of P.L.2013, c.51 
(C.52:17B-237).

���� 4.��� a.�� If the digital 
blocking capability blocks material that is not obscene and the block is 
reported to a call center or reporting website, the material shall be unblocked 
within a reasonable time, but in no event later than five business days after 
the block is first reported.

���� b.��� A consumer may seek 
judicial relief to unblock filtered content.

���� c.��� If a person who manufactures, 
sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes a product that makes content 
accessible on the Internet is unresponsive to a report of obscene material that 
has breached the filter, the Attorney General or a consumer may file a civil 
suit.� The Attorney General or a consumer may seek damages of up to $500 for 
each piece of content that was reported but not subsequently blocked.� The 
prevailing party in the civil action may seek attorneys� fees.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill, to be known as the 
�Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act,� makes it an unlawful 
practice under the consumer fraud act to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, 
lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the Internet 
unless the product contains digital blocking capability that renders any 
obscene material inaccessible.� Additionally, it would be an unlawful practice 
for a minor to receive such a product unless the digital blocking capability is 
active and prope