New Jersey A 2338: Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *

Bill Text

A2338 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2338 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblyman Danielsen, Assemblywomen 
Haider, Park, Assemblymen Simonsen, Miller, Inganamort, Hutchison, Rodriguez, 
Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Calabrese, Assemblywomen Carter, 
Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Scharfenberger, Assemblywoman Flynn, Assemblyman 
Sampson, Assemblywomen Donlon, Peterpaul and Bagolie

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public transportation employees and certain 
motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to 
suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain 
courses.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act 
concerning certain training regarding human trafficking and amending P.L.2013, 
c.51.

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

���� 1.��� Section 
19 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.2C:13-12) is amended to read as follows: 

����� 19.�� a.� 
The Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General and 
the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and 
Public Safety, shall develop and approve, as part of the police training 
courses required pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), courses of 
study on the handling, response procedures, investigation, and prosecution of 
human trafficking cases.� The courses shall include, at a minimum, a 
demonstration of and information regarding known signs and signals that may be 
used or communicated by victims of human trafficking seeking assistance or may 
be observed by individuals in public spaces.� These courses shall be 
reviewed at least once every two years and modified from time to time as 
need may require.

����� b.�� (1)� 
The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Commission on 
Human Trafficking established by section 1 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-237), 
shall develop, approve, and provide for a one-time training course on the 
handling and response procedures of suspected human trafficking activities for 
owners, operators, and staff of hotels and motels as defined in the "Hotel 
and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.); or 
alternatively, the department, in consultation with the commission, shall 
approve a substantially similar one-time training course for use by hotels and 
motels in providing training to owners, operators, and staff.� The department, 
in consultation with the commission, shall define by regulation which staff positions 
are required, as a condition of employment, to attend the one-time training 
course.� Verifiable completion of the training course by required staff shall 
be a condition of issuance, maintenance, or renewal of any license, permit, 
certificate, or approval required, permitted to be granted, or issued to owners 
or operators under the provisions of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling 
Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).� The training course shall 
include, at a minimum, a demonstration of and information regarding known signs 
and signals that may be used or communicated by victims of human trafficking 
seeking assistance or may be observed by individuals in public spaces.� The 
training course shall be reviewed at least once every two years and 
modified by the department, in consultation with the commission, from time to 
time as need may require.

����� (2)� 
The Department of Community Affairs, through its oversight and enforcement 
authority provided under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," 
P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.), shall be responsible for ensuring that all 
hotel and motel owners, operators, and required staff attend the one-time 
training course within one year of the enactment of this section in the case of 
all current owners, operators, and required staff engaging in their respective 
profession on the effective date of this section, and within six months of the 
first day of ownership, operation, or employment for all new owners, operators, 
and required staff who initially engage in their respective profession on a 
date that follows the effective date.

����� (3)� 
The Department of Community Affairs shall make available the training materials 
for the one-time training course to hotel and motel owners, operators, and 
required staff in order for the owners, operators, and required staff to 
fulfill the one-time training requirement set forth in this subsection.

����� c.�� (1)� 
The Department of Health, in consultation with the Commission on Human 
Trafficking established by section 1 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-237), shall 
develop, approve, and provid