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NJ A1999

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Annette Quijano

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Origin

General Assembly

2026-2027 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands New Jersey's "Daniel's Law" to include municipal court administrators, deputy administrators, and acting administrators as protected persons whose personal information cannot be disclosed.

  • Adds municipal court administrators and their immediate family members residing in the same household to the list of "covered persons" protected from having home addresses or unpublished telephone numbers posted online.

  • Prohibits the knowing disclosure of home addresses or unpublished phone numbers of municipal court administrators with purpose to expose them to harassment or risk of harm, with violations constituting third or fourth degree crimes.

  • Amends the Open Public Records Act to require redaction of home addresses of municipal court administrators from government records, consistent with existing protections for judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and child protective investigators.

  • Defines "municipal court administrator" as a person employed by a county or municipality in accordance with N.J.S.2B:12-10, including deputy and acting administrators.

Legislative Description

Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning certain court administrators.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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