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Bill Text

A3307 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3307 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Regulates artificial intelligence in news media 
industry; establishes "Artificial Intelligence In Communications Oversight 
Committee."

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning artificial intelligence in the news media 
industry and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The Legislature finds 
and declares that:

���� a.���� Artificial intelligence 
presents enormous opportunities for breakthroughs in innovation, economic 
growth, education, and government service delivery that can significantly 
improve lives, but this rapidly developing technology may also create new risks 
and ethical dilemmas.

���� b.��� The use of information 
from news sources and professional journalists by artificial intelligence 
without appropriate credit or compensation represents a theft of intellectual 
property. 

���� c.���� While artificial 
intelligence can pull information from a news source and generate content based 
on that data collection, it does not have the ability to engage in one-on-one 
investigative reporting like an actual journalist.� 

���� d.��� The importance of the 
journalism industry in providing well-sourced and researched information cannot 
be understated. 

���� e.���� In October 2023, the 
Governor of New Jersey established the �Artificial Intelligence Task Force� to 
study the potential impacts of artificial intelligence on society and to 
prepare recommendations for government actions encouraging the ethical use of 
artificial intelligence technologies. 

���� f.���� It is in the interest 
of New Jersey citizens for the State to take further action to regulate 
artificial intelligence, particularly in the news media industry, in order to 
protect journalistic integrity and the responsible dissemination of news.

���� 2.��� a. There is established 
the Artificial Intelligence Task Force in the New Jersey Business Action Center 
established in the New Jersey Department of State pursuant to Reorganization 
Plan No. 003-2011.� The purpose of the task force shall be to study the 
potential impacts of artificial intelligence on society, prepare 
recommendations for government actions encouraging the ethical use of artificial 
intelligence technologies, and any other purpose that the Secretary of State 
deems appropriate and relevant.

���� b.��� The Task Force shall 
consist of co-chairs who are representatives from the Office of Information 
Technology Chief Technology Officer, the Office of Innovation Chief Innovation 
Officer, and the Economic Development Authority Chief Executive Officer, as 
well as the following members: the Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, 
Inclusion, and Belonging; Commissioner of Education; the Secretary of Higher 
Education; the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development; the Director of 
the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness; and the Attorney 
General; or their designees. �The Governor may, as determined to be 
appropriate, appoint additional members to the Task Force. �All members of the 
Task Force shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and without 
compensation.

���� c.���� Within the Artificial 
Intelligence Task Force, there is established the �Artificial Intelligence In 
Communications Oversight Committee� for the purpose of preserving and 
protecting the authorship and work of members of the media impacted by the use 
of artificial intelligence.� The committees shall consist of the members of the 
task force, as well as three representatives of news media entities and two 
professional journalists, each to be designated by the Governor.� The committee�s 
duties shall include:

���� (1)�� crafting and 
recommending regulations and guidelines for artificial intelligence in the 
media field;

���� (2)�� exploring whether artificial 
intelligence has replaced human journalists in any capacity in New Jersey;

���� (3)�� studying wages and work 
standards as to any impact of artificial intelligence in the news media 
workforce;

���� (4) examining the large-scale 
monitoring and data collection of artificial intelligence, potentially for the 
purpose of manipulating opinions and choices; and

���� (5) on an annual basis, 
preparing and submitting a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of 
P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature regarding the committee�s 
findings.

���� d.��� The Secretary of State 
shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this 
section.

���� 3.��� a.� Any news media or 
other entity disseminating news or purporting to disseminate news within the 
State may permit the use of a