Bill Text: NJ A2264 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-01-10 - Approved P.L.2021, c.356. [A2264 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A2264-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2264

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the endangerment of children and preservation of certain information and supplementing P.L.1998, c.134 (C.52:17B-191 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    A provider of an electronic communication service, as that term is defined in in section 2 of P.L.1968, c.409 (C.2A:156A-2), who, after obtaining actual knowledge of any facts or circumstances concerning endangerment of a child in violation of N.J.S.2C:24-4, and after reporting that information to the hotline established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1998, c.134 (C.52:17B-193), or any successor hotline, shall retain that information for at least 180 days from the submission of the report.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires a provider of an electronic communication service who, after obtaining actual knowledge of any facts or circumstances concerning child endangerment and reporting that information to the Computer Crimes Task Force Hotline, or any successor hotline, to retain that information for at least 180 days from the submission of the report.