New Jersey S 4019: Authorizes special financing by municipalities, counties and, school districts to compensate sexual harassment and abuse survivors; establishes "Sexual Harassment and Abuse Survivor Fund."

Bill Text

S4019 

SENATE, No. 4019 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits targeted advertisements that promote vapor 
products or use of vapor products to individuals under the age of 21 on social 
media platforms. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

�� 

An Act concerning social media and supplementing Title 
56 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� a.� As used in this 
section:

���� �Public or semi-public 
internet-based service or application� excludes any internet-based service or 
application that is used to facilitate communication within a business or 
enterprise among� employees or affiliates of the business or enterprise, provided 
that access to the service or application is restricted to employees or 
affiliates of the business or enterprise using the service or application.

���� �Social media platform� means 
a public or semi-public internet-based service or application that has users in 
this State, which service or application:� allows users to construct a public 
or semipublic profile for the purposes of using the platform, populate a list 
of other users with whom the user shares a social connection through the 
platform, and post content viewable by other users of the platform; and is 
designed to connect users within the platform to facilitate social 
interactions, except that a service or application that provides email or 
direct messaging services shall not be considered to meet this criterion solely 
based on the existence of that functionality.

���� �Vapor product� means any device that may be used to deliver 
any aerosolized or vaporized substance to the person inhaling from the device, 
including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or 
e-hookah. �Vapor product� includes any component, part, or accessory of 
the device, and also includes any substance that may be aerosolized or 
vaporized by such device, regardless of whether the substance contains 
nicotine. �Vapor product� does not include any drug, device, or combination 
product approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the 
"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 21 U.S.C. s.301 et seq.

���� b.� It shall be an unlawful practice for any person to 
advertise any vapor product, or promote the use thereof, on any social media 
platform in a manner that targets individuals under 21 years of age.

���� c. A person that violates the provisions of subsection 
a. of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty, not to exceed $250,000 
per violation, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under 
the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et 
seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to 
enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999" 
pursuant to this subsection.

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

STATEMENT

���� The bill prohibits the 
targeted advertisement of vapor products and promotion of the use of vapor 
products to any individual under 
21 years of age on any social media platform.� Under the bill, it is unlawful 
for any person to advertise any vapor product, or promote the use thereof, on 
any social media platform in a manner that targets individuals under 21 years 
of age.

���� A person that violates the provisions of the bill will 
be liable for a civil penalty, not to exceed $250,000 per violation, to be 
collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty 
Enforcement Law of 1999.�� The Superior Court and the municipal court will have 
jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the bill.

���� The bill defines �vapor product� to mean any device that 
may be used to deliver any aerosolized or vaporized substance to the person 
inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, 
e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or e-hookah.� �Vapor product� includes any 
component, part, or accessory of the device, and also includes any substance 
that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such device, regardless of whether the 
substance contains nicotine.� �Vapor product� does not include any drug, 
device, or combination product approved by the federal Food and Drug 
Administration pursuant to the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act," 21 U.S.C. s.301 et seq.

���� The bill defines �social media platform� to mean 
a public or semi-public internet-based service or application that has users in 
this State, which service or application:� allows users to construct a public 
or semipublic profile for the purposes of using the platform, populate a list 
of other users with whom the user shares a social connection through the 
platform, and post content viewable by other users of the platform; and is 
designed to connect users within the pla