New Jersey S 1508: Requires State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.

Bill Text

S1508 

SENATE, No. 1508 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes it unlawful to record telephone call or other 
conversation unless all parties consent.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the recording of certain conversations and 
amending P.L.1968, c.409.

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

���� 1. �Section 4 of P.L.1968, c.409 
(C.2A:156A-4) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.��� It shall not be unlawful 
under [this 
act] P.L.1968, 
c.409 (C.2A:156A-4) for:

���� a.���� An operator of a 
switchboard, or an officer, agent or employee of a provider of wire or 
electronic communication service, whose facilities are used in the transmission 
of a wire or electronic communication, to intercept, disclose or use that 
communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any 
activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to 
the protection of the rights or property of the provider of that service.� No 
provider of wire or electronic communication service shall utilize service 
observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control 
checks;

���� b.��� Any investigative or law 
enforcement officer to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication, 
where such officer is a party to the communication or where another officer who 
is a party to the communication requests or requires him to make such interception;

���� c.���� Any person acting at 
the direction of an investigative or law enforcement officer to intercept a 
wire, electronic or oral communication, where such person is a party to the 
communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior 
consent to such interception; provided, however, that no such interception 
shall be made without the prior approval of the Attorney General or his 
designee or a county prosecutor or his designee;� 

���� d.��� A person not acting 
under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication, where 
[such 
person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the 
communication has] 
all parties to the communication have given prior consent to such 
interception, unless such communication is intercepted or used for the 
purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the 
Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State or for the purpose 
of committing any other injurious act[. 
The fact that such person is the subscriber to a particular telephone does not 
constitute consent effective to authorize interception of communications among 
parties not including such person on that telephone.� Any person who unlawfully 
intercepts or uses such communication as provided in this paragraph shall be 
subject to the civil liability established in section 24 of P.L.1968, c.409 
(C.2A:156A-24), in addition to any other criminal or civil liability imposed by 
law]; 

���� e.���� Any person to intercept 
or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication 
system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily 
accessible to the general public;� 

���� f.���� Any person to intercept 
any radio communication which is transmitted:

���� (1)� by any station for the 
use of the general public, or that relates to ships, aircraft, vehicles, or 
persons in distress;� 

���� (2)� by any governmental, law 
enforcement, civil defense, private land mobile, or public safety communication 
system, including police and fire, readily accessible to the general public;� 

���� (3)� by a station operating on 
an authorized frequency within the bands allocated to the amateur, citizens 
band, or general mobile radio services; or 

���� (4)� by any marine or 
aeronautical communications system;

���� g.��� Any person to engage in 
any conduct which:

���� (1)� is prohibited by section 
633 of the Communications Act of 1934; or

���� (2)� is excepted from the 
application of section 705(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 by section 
705(b) of that Act;� 

���� h.��� Any person to intercept 
any wire or electronic communication the transmission of which is causing 
harmful interference to any lawfully operating station or consumer electronic 
equipment, to the extent necessary to identify the source of such interference; 
or for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication 
made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals 
engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is 
not scrambled or encrypted; or

���� i.���� A provider of 
electronic communication service to record the fact that a wire or electronic 
communication was initiated or completed in order to protect s