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NJ A1580

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Victoria Flynn

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the duties of New Jersey's 15-member Commission on Human Trafficking to include researching how human traffickers use video game and social media platforms to locate and exploit children and other victims

  • Requires the commission to develop solutions to prevent human trafficking through online gaming and social media platforms

  • Mandates the commission to make legislative recommendations to implement trafficking prevention measures on these platforms

  • Responds to FBI investigations revealing that predators groom children on gaming sites through chats and voice communications before moving them to social media platforms for greater access

Legislative Description

Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to identify methods to prevent human trafficking through online gaming platforms.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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