Broadens public awareness signage to include notices in Chinese and Korean.

A1408

ASSEMBLY, No. 1408

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)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Karabinchak,
Assemblywomen McCoy, Murphy, Assemblyman Kanitra and Assemblywoman
Reynolds-Jackson

SYNOPSIS

���� Broadens public awareness signage to include notices
in Chinese and Korean.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning human trafficking signage and
amending P.L.2021, c.3.

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L. 2021,
c.3 (C.52:17B-237.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� Display of Human
Trafficking Public-Awareness Sign; Penalty for Failure to Display.

���� a. Pursuant to section 1 of
P.L. 2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-237), the Commission on Human Trafficking shall
develop and determine the language for a public awareness sign that contains
the national, 24-hour toll-free hotline telephone service on human trafficking
described under section 18 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.2C:13-11) and otherwise meets
the requirements contained in subsection d. of this section.� The public
awareness sign shall be revised and modified by the Commission from time to
time as need may require. �

���� b.��� The following
establishments to the extent practicable shall display the public awareness
sign described in subsection a. in a place that is clearly conspicuous and
visible to employees and the public:

���� (1)�� Strip clubs or sexually
oriented businesses as defined in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.167
(C.2C:33-12.2), including, but not limited to, within every dressing room and
within every restroom and restroom stall;

���� (2)�� Places of business of
employers of massage or bodywork therapists, which employers are subject to
registration, and which therapists are subject to licensure, pursuant to
P.L.1999, c.19 (C.45:11-53 et seq.) and section 13 of P.L.2007, c.337
(C.45:11-68 et al.), including, but not limited to, within every dressing room
and within every restroom and restroom stall;

���� (3)�� Bars;

���� (4)�� Airports;

���� (5)�� Passenger rail or light
rail stations;

���� (6)�� Bus stations;

���� (7)�� Welcome Centers;

���� (8)�� Truck stops;

���� (9)�� Weigh Stations;

���� (10) Emergency rooms within
general acute care hospitals;

���� (11) Urgent care centers;

���� (12) Farm labor contractors
and day haulers;

���� (13) Privately operated job
recruitment centers;

���� (14) Service areas and safety
rest areas located along interstate highways in New Jersey;

���� (15) All forms of public
transportation, including every railroad passenger car; and

���� (16) Hotels, motels, bed and
breakfast establishments, campsites, and similar places of public
accommodation.

���� c.���� Owners and operators of
private and public school buses are encouraged to display the public awareness
sign described in subsection a. in a place that is clearly conspicuous and
visible to students.

���� d.��� The public awareness
sign to be posted pursuant to subsection b. shall be no smaller than eight and
one-half inches by eleven inches in size, printed in 16-point font, in English
[
and
]
,

Spanish
, Chinese and Korean
.

���� e.���� A business or
establishment that fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall
be liable for a civil penalty of $300 for a first offense and $1000 for each
subsequent offense.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.3, s.2)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill broadens the public
awareness signs containing national, 24 hour hotline information about human
trafficking to include translations in Chinese and Korean.�

���� This bill is in response to a
recommendation contained in a report by the Commission of Investigation,
entitled �An Inquiry into Human Trafficking Activity in the Massage and
Bodywork Therapy Industry in New Jersey,� released on October 17, 2024.