New Jersey A 722: Prohibits download or use of TikTok application on any State-issued electronic device.

Bill Text

A722 

ASSEMBLY, No. 722 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Inganamort

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits download or use of TikTok application on 
any State-issued electronic device.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act prohibiting the download or use of the TikTok 
application on any State-issued electronic device 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.� No State agency and no 
State officer or employee, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.182 
(C.52:13D-13), shall download or use the social media application TikTok or 
visit the TikTok Internet website, or that of any successor application or service, 
on a State-issued electronic device, which shall include, but not be limited 
to, a State-issued cell phone, computer, tablet, or device capable of internet 
connectivity.� No person or entity who contracts with the State of New Jersey 
or any State agency shall download or use the TikTok application or visit the 
TikTok Internet website on State-issued or State-leased electronic device, 
which shall include, but not be limited to, a State-issued or State-leased cell 
phone, computer, tablet, or device capable of Internet connectivity.

���� b.��� Any person who willfully 
violates the provisions of this section is a disorderly person and shall be 
subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000, or imprisonment not to exceed six 
months, or both.

���� 2.��� Section 1 of this act 
shall not apply to law enforcement officers engaged in investigative 
activities.� The Attorney General shall establish guidelines for the 
appropriate use of TikTok and any successor applications or services in 
investigations carried out by law enforcement officers.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the 
download or use of the social media application TikTok and visiting the TikTok 
Internet website, or that of any successor application or service, on 
State-issued electronic devices.� On November 17, 2022, FBI Director 
Christopher Wray testified before the United States House of Representatives 
Homeland Security Committee that TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, 
present a significant security risk to the people of New Jersey and the United 
States.� TikTok collects massive amounts of user data, which can be accessed by 
ByteDance employees.� This includes employees in ByteDance�s offices in China.� 
Director Wray also testified that Chinese law allows the government to access 
data obtained from companies headquartered there.� This combination of access 
and Chinese law may expose Americans to the risk of data collection and 
influence campaigns by the Chinese government.

���� By prohibiting TikTok on 
State-issued devices, this bill protects the people of New Jersey and the State 
government from these security risks.� The bill also provides an exception for 
law enforcement officers using TikTok in investigative activities.� The 
Attorney General will establish guidelines for the appropriate use of TikTok as 
an investigative tool.