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NJ A1792

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Linda Carter

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Directs the Attorney General to establish a statewide anonymous reporting program for unsafe, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities in schools, including a telephone tip line staffed by trained individuals and a mobile application

  • Requires the program to promptly forward tips to appropriate law enforcement agencies or school officials while protecting reporter anonymity unless voluntarily disclosed

  • Mandates training for law enforcement dispatch centers, public and nonpublic schools on program awareness and appropriate response to tips received

  • Requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by January 1, including total reports received, reporting methods used, instances of program misuse, and outcomes of reports

  • Takes effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment

Legislative Description

Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.

2nd Reading in the Assembly

Last Action

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

12/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations10/21/2024
Education1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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