Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator NICHOLAS J. SACCO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Gill and O'Scanlon
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.
The bill provides that the Attorney General is to receive complaints and investigate violations of the provisions of the bill and may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain legal or equitable relief on behalf of a user aggrieved by the violation.