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A1027 • 2026

Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
DeAngelo, Wayne P.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

What This Bill Does

  • Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
  • Topic: Children, Families and Food Security Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee

Official Summary Text

Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Topic:
Children, Families and Food Security
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1027

ASSEMBLY, No. 1027

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Haider and Park

SYNOPSIS

���� Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist
of contact with children.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning prohibitions on the acts of certain
sex offenders and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� "Primarily consists of
contact with children" means 80 percent or more of the actual or official
duties or responsibilities include contact with a child.

���� "Sex offender" means
a person who has been convicted, adjudicated delinquent or found not guilty by
reason of insanity for commission of a sex offense as defined in subsection
b. of section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2).

���� 2.��� a.� It shall be a crime
of the third degree for a sex offender to hold a job which primarily consists
of contact with children.

���� b.��� It shall be a crime of
the third degree to knowingly hire a sex offender for a job which primarily
consists of contact with children.

���� c.��� The provisions of this
act shall not apply to participation by a sex offender under 18 years of age in
a job which provides rehabilitative or other services to juvenile sex
offenders.

���� 3.��� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill is intended to protect
the children and youth of this State by prohibiting sex offenders from holding
jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

���� The bill defines "primarily
consists of contact with children" as 80 percent or more of the actual or
official duties or responsibilities include contact with a child.

���� "Sex offender" is
defined as a person who has been convicted, adjudicated delinquent or found not
guilty by reason of insanity for committing a broad range of sexual offenses as
defined in the sex offender registration law (Megan's Law).

���� Under the bill, it would be
crime of the third degree for a sex offender to hold a job which primarily
consists of contact with children.� It would also be a crime of the third
degree to knowingly hire a sex offender for a job which primarily consists of
contact with children.

���� A crime of the third degree
carries a penalty of three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000,
or both.