NJ A3739

Expands New Jersey's existing radio transmission laws to explicitly criminalize interfering with radio communications of any federally licensed, authorized, or government-operated station

Makes it a fourth-degree crime to use scanning receivers capable of intercepting domestic cellular radio telecommunications frequencies, being modified to receive such frequencies, or decoding digital cellular transmissions to analog voice

Targets devices known as signal jammers, signal blockers, GPS jammers, and cell phone jammers that can block cell phone calls/texts, WiFi connections, GPS signals, and emergency responder location services

Aligns state law with existing federal prohibitions under 47 U.S.C. sections 301 and 333

Fourth-degree crimes in New Jersey carry penalties of up to 18 months imprisonment and fines up to $10,000