Bill Text: NJ S1143 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-09 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S1143 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-S1143-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on February 9, 2023, with amendments.
An Act concerning educational training for transportation network company drivers and amending P.L.2017, c.26.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 16 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-16) is amended to read as follows:
16. A transportation network company shall require an applicant, as defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2), to submit a transportation network company driver application to the transportation network company. The application shall include the applicant's address, age, and social security number, a copy of the applicant's driver's license, motor vehicle registration, and automobile liability insurance, and any other information required by the transportation network company.
Prior to approval of an applicant, a transportation network company shall 1[require] provide1 an applicant 1[to participate in an educational] with an anti-human trafficking1 training course approved by the Attorney General 1[on the dangers, harms, and warning signs of human trafficking] and require the applicant to complete the course. The training course may be provided via web based video or digital format and shall include: an overview of human trafficking, including how human trafficking is defined; guidance on the role transportation network company drivers play in reporting and responding to human trafficking; and information on how to report suspected human trafficking1.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.26, s.16)
2. Within 90 days of the
effective date of this act, each transportation network company 1[driver]1
shall 1[participate in
an educational]
provide each transportation network company driver with an anti-human
trafficking1
training course approved by the Attorney General 1[on the
dangers, harms, and warning signs of human trafficking] and
require the applicant to complete the course. The training course may be
provided via web based video or digital format and shall include: an overview
of human trafficking, including how human trafficking is defined; guidance on
the role transportation network company drivers play in reporting and
responding to human trafficking; and information on how to report suspected
human trafficking1.
Upon completion of 1[the
educational]
an anti-human trafficking1
training course, the driver shall 1[provide a
certification that the educational training
has been completed]
certify1
to any transportation network company whose digital network the driver uses 1that
the driver completed an anti-human trafficking training course approved by the
Attorney General1.
If a driver fails to 1[complete the
training course and]1
provide a transportation network company with the certification required
pursuant to this section, the transportation network company shall prohibit the
driver from utilizing its digital network to provide rides 1[unless] until1 the
driver submits 1[a new
application to the transportation network company to be a driver and the
application is approved]
the certification required pursuant to this section1.
On the 91st day following the effective date of this act, each transportation network company shall create a list of drivers who did not 1[complete] provide1 the certification required pursuant to this section by the required date. Completion of the 1[certification] anti-human trafficking training course1, or failure to 1[do so] complete the course1, shall be noted in the individual record of each transportation network company driver required to be maintained pursuant to section 25 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-25).
3. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment, except that the Attorney General shall take such administrative action as may be necessary in advance of that date to ensure the timely implementation of this act.
