New Jersey A 1648: Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.

Bill Text

A1648 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1648 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MELINDA KANE

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes database containing information on 
traffic stops by certain law enforcement officers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the collection of data from traffic stops 
and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Attorney General 
shall establish and maintain a central, searchable database of information 
pertaining to traffic law enforcement by State and local law enforcement 
officers.

���� b.��� Information contained 
within the database shall be subject to potential disclosure under P.L.1963, 
c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), known commonly as the open public records act.

���� c.��� The database shall be 
publicly available on the website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.

���� d.��� The Attorney General may 
promulgate guidelines to effectuate the provisions of this act.

���� 2.��� All State and local 
police shall submit a quarterly report to the Attorney General containing the 
following information which shall be entered in the database established in 
section 1 of P.L.��� , c. (C. ) (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill): 

���� a.��� The number of drivers 
stopped for routine traffic enforcement by law enforcement officers, the 
officer making each stop, the date each stop was made, the law enforcement 
agency of the officer making each stop, and whether or not a citation or 
warning was issued; 

���� b.��� Identifying 
characteristics of the drivers stopped, including the race or ethnicity, 
approximate age, and gender; 

���� c.��� The alleged traffic 
violation that led to the stop; 

���� d.��� Whether a search was 
instituted as a result of the stop; 

���� e.��� Whether the vehicle, 
personal effects, driver, or passenger were searched, and the race or 
ethnicity, approximate age, and gender of each person searched;

���� f.���� Whether the search was 
conducted pursuant to consent, probable cause, or a warrant, including the 
basis for the request for consent, the circumstances establishing probable 
cause, or the basis for the warrant;

���� g.��� Whether any contraband 
was found and the type and amount of any such contraband;

���� h.��� Whether any written 
citation or any oral or written warning was issued as a result of the stop; 

���� i.���� Whether an arrest was 
made as a result of either the stop or the search; 

���� j.���� Whether any property 
was seized, with a description of that property;

���� k.��� Whether the officers 
making the stop encountered any physical resistance from the driver or a 
passenger;

���� l.���� Whether the officers 
making the stop engaged in the use of force against the driver or a passenger 
for any reason;

���� m.�� Whether any injuries 
resulted from the stop;

���� n.��� Whether the 
circumstances surrounding the stop were the subject of any investigation, and 
the results of that investigation;

���� o.��� The geographic location 
of the stop; if the officer making the stop is a member of the New Jersey State 
Police, the location shall be the field operation section, including troop and 
station; for all other law enforcement officers, the location shall be the 
municipality and county in which the stop was made.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the 
Attorney General to establish a public, searchable database of information 
pertaining to traffic law enforcement by State and local law enforcement 
officers.� 

���� The information entered in the 
database will include the driver�s identifying characteristics, such as race or 
ethnicity, approximate age, and gender and will pertain to all interactions 
with traffic law enforcement, even those stops that result only in an oral 
warning.� 

���� The wide range of specific 
information contained within this database will allow for increased public 
oversight of traffic law enforcement practices by providing a tool to prevent 
pernicious enforcement of these laws, including racial and gender profiling.�