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Bill Text

A1370 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1370 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning bias incidents and amending P.L.2007, c.303. 

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

���� 1.� Section 5 of P.L.2007, 
c.303 (C.52:17B-5.4a) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5.��� a.� The Attorney 
General shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of 
information collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.3).� 
Information in the repository shall be made available to the public.� The 
Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department 
of Law and Public Safety to be the agency to maintain the repository and 
provide information from the repository to the public.

���� b.� The Attorney General 
shall release bias incident data monthly, which shall be made available to the 
public on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.

���� As used in this subsection, 
�bias incident� means a suspected or confirmed violation of paragraph (1) or 
(2) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2001, c.443 (C.2C:16-1). 

(cf:� P.L.2007, c.303, s.5)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the 
Attorney General to release bias incident data monthly.

���� Under current law, municipal 
and county law enforcement agencies are required to submit quarterly reports to 
the Attorney General, which include information regarding crimes committed 
within their respective jurisdictions.� These reports are required to include 
information relating to any offense directed against a person or group or their 
property, by reason of their race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual 
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity.� The 
Attorney General is required to issue an annual report containing the results 
of the information reflected in these quarterly reports.

���� Under the provisions of this 
bill, in addition to the annual report, the Attorney General is required to 
release bias incident data monthly, which is to be made available to the public 
on the Internet of the Department of Law and Public Safety.� Under the

�bill, �bias incident� is defined 
as a suspected or confirmed violation of certain provisions of the bias 
intimidation statute.