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A1472 • 2026

Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.

Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McClellan, Antwan L.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.

Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness 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 Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1472

ASSEMBLY, No. 1472

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTWAN L. MCCLELLAN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime
data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
establishing deadlines for the Attorney General to
publish quarterly crime data, issue annual report and amending P.L. 1966, c.37
and P.L.2007, c.303.

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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.��� 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
quarterly,
via the department website, and posted no later than six months following the
end of each quarter
.� 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.

(cf: P.L.2007, c.303, s.5)

���� 2.��� Section 5 of P.L.1966,
c.37 (C.52:17B-5.5) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5.��� The Attorney General
shall render an annual report of the results of the information gathered and
collated to the Governor and the Legislature.�
This report shall be
delivered no later than the first day of the thirteenth month following the end
of the period reported.

(cf: P.L.1966, c.37, s.5)

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

STATEMENT

���� Currently, no deadline exists
for the publishing of crime report data collected quarterly from municipal and
county police forces and departments.� This bill requires the Attorney General
to make this data public via the Department of Law and Public Safety website
within six months of the end of the quarter that is being reported.

���� Similarly, this bill
establishes a deadline of one year and one day for the Attorney General to
issue the annual crime data report required by statute to the Governor and
Legislature.