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A1370 • 2026

Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Park, Ellen J.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.
  • Topic: Judiciary 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 Judiciary Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1370

ASSEMBLY, No. 1370

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to release bias incident data monthly.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act
concerning bias incidents and amending P.L.2007, c.303.

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

���� 1.� Section 5 of P.L.2007,
c.303 (C.52:17B-5.4a) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5.���
a.
� The Attorney
General shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of
information collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.3).�
Information in the repository shall be made available to the public.� The
Attorney General may designate the Division of State Police in the Department
of Law and Public Safety to be the agency to maintain the repository and
provide information from the repository to the public.

����
b.� The Attorney General
shall release bias incident data monthly, which shall be made available to the
public on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.

����
As used in this subsection,
�bias incident� means a suspected or confirmed violation of paragraph (1) or
(2) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2001, c.443 (C.2C:16-1).

(cf:� P.L.2007, c.303, s.5)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Attorney General to release bias incident data monthly.

���� Under current law, municipal
and county law enforcement agencies are required to submit quarterly reports to
the Attorney General, which include information regarding crimes committed
within their respective jurisdictions.� These reports are required to include
information relating to any offense directed against a person or group or their
property, by reason of their race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity.� The
Attorney General is required to issue an annual report containing the results
of the information reflected in these quarterly reports.

���� Under the provisions of this
bill, in addition to the annual report, the Attorney General is required to
release bias incident data monthly, which is to be made available to the public
on the Internet of the Department of Law and Public Safety.� Under the

�bill, �bias incident� is defined
as a suspected or confirmed violation of certain provisions of the bias
intimidation statute.