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NJ A6256

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shanique Speight

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands "Daniel's Law" protections to cover victim support advocates (victim witness coordinators and advocates in the State Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy or county prosecutor's offices) and victim support care providers (program coordinators, forensic sexual assault nurse examiners, and Sexual Assault Response Team members)

  • Prohibits public agencies and private parties from disclosing home addresses and unpublished telephone numbers of these newly covered individuals, as well as their immediate family members residing in the same household

  • Creates criminal penalties for violations: fourth-degree crime for reckless disclosure, third-degree crime for purposeful disclosure intended to expose someone to harassment or risk of harm

  • Allows covered individuals to submit requests through the Office of Information Privacy's secure portal to have their personal information redacted from government records and removed from internet postings within 10 business days

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment, with most substantive provisions becoming operative on the first day of the 13th month following enactment to allow for administrative preparation

Legislative Description

Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal identifying information of victim support advocates and victim support care providers.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

12/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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