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NJ A2381

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

William Spearman

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Extends "Daniel's Law" privacy protections to probation officers and their immediate family members, prohibiting disclosure of their home addresses and unpublished telephone numbers in government records and on the Internet

  • Defines "probation officer" to include Probation Officers, Senior Probation Officers, Master Probation Officers, Substance Abuse Evaluators, Family Court Coordinators, Assistant Child Placement Review Coordinators, Bilingual Community Outreach Workers, Team Leaders, and Court Service Supervisors 1-3

  • Allows probation officers to submit requests through the Office of Information Privacy for redaction or nondisclosure of their home addresses from certain records and Internet postings

  • Makes it a fourth-degree crime to recklessly violate disclosure prohibitions and a third-degree crime to purposefully violate them after receiving written notice to cease disclosure

  • Subjects violators to civil liability with minimum liquidated damages of $1,000 per violation, plus potential punitive damages, attorney's fees, and equitable relief

Legislative Description

Prohibits disclosure of certain information of probation officers.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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