New Jersey S 847: Requires reporting agencies to report to Division of Consumer Affairs number of free consumer reports furnished to New Jersey resident consumers annually.

Bill Text

S847 

SENATE, No. 847 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Senator� JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Burgess

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit 
disclosure of personal information of members of NJ Legislature.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act prohibiting disclosure of personal information of 
legislators and amending various parts of statutory law.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2015, 
c.226 (C.2C:20-31.1) is amended to read as follows

���� 1. a. For the purposes of this 
section:

���� "Authorized person" 
means a covered person or any of the following persons hereby authorized to 
submit or revoke a request for the redaction or nondisclosure of a home address 
or unpublished telephone number on behalf of a covered person pursuant to 
subsection c. of this section:

���� (1) on behalf of any federal 
judge, a designee of the United States Marshals Service or of the clerk of any 
United States District Court;

���� (2) on behalf of any covered 
person who is deceased or medically or psychologically incapacitated, a person 
acting on behalf of the covered person as a designated trustee, as an estate 
executor, or pursuant to a written power of attorney or other legal instrument; 
and

���� (3) on behalf of any immediate 
family member who is a minor and who is otherwise entitled to address redaction 
or nondisclosure pursuant to this act, P.L.2021, c.371 (C.47:1B-1 et al.), the 
parent or legal guardian thereof.

���� "Covered person" 
means an active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer, member of the 
legislature, law enforcement officer, or child protective investigator in 
the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, as those terms are defined by 
section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1), or prosecutor and any immediate 
family member residing in the same household as the judicial officer, member 
of the legislature, law enforcement officer, child protective investigator 
in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or prosecutor.

���� "Home telephone 
number" means any telephone number used primarily for personal 
communications, including a landline or cellular telephone number.

���� "Immediate family 
member" means a spouse, child, or parent of, or any other family member 
related by blood or by law to, an active, formerly active, or retired judicial 
officer, member of the legislature, law enforcement officer, or child 
protective investigator in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, as 
those terms are defined by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1), or 
prosecutor and who resides in the same household as the judicial officer, member 
of the legislature, law enforcement officer, child protective investigator 
in the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or prosecutor.

���� "News media" means 
newspapers, magazines, press associations, news agencies, wire services, or 
other similar printed means of disseminating news to the general public.

���� "Person" shall not 
be construed to include in any capacity the custodian of a government record as 
defined in section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1).

���� b.��� Upon notification 
pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and not later than 10 business days 
after receipt thereof, a person shall not knowingly, with purpose to expose 
another to harassment or risk of harm to life or property, or in reckless 
disregard of the probability of such exposure, post, repost, publish, or 
republish on the Internet, or otherwise make available, the home address or 
unpublished home telephone number of any covered person, except in compliance 
with any court order, law enforcement investigation, or request by a government 
agency or person duly acting on behalf of the agency.

���� c.���� An authorized person, 
as defined in subsection a. of this section, seeking to prohibit the disclosure 
of the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any covered person 
consistent with subsection b. of this section shall provide written notice to 
the person from whom the authorized person is seeking nondisclosure that the 
authorized person is an authorized person and requesting that such person cease 
the disclosure of such information and remove the protected information from 
the Internet or where otherwise made available.

���� d.��� A reckless violation of 
subsection b. of this section is a crime of the fourth degree.� A purposeful 
violation of subsection b. of this section is a crime of the third degree.

���� e.���� This section shall not 
be construed to prohibit a person, business, or association that has received 
information as unredacted pursuant to the provisions of secti