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A1934
ASSEMBLY, No. 1934
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
���� Imposes certain duties on persons or entities engaged
in business pertaining to criminal records and imposes penalties for
disseminating expunged record; increases maximum fine for current disorderly
persons offense.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning expungement orders and amending
N.J.S.2C:52-30.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� N.J.S.2C:52-30 is to
read as follows:
���� 2C:52-30.�� Disclosure of
Expungement Order. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
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a.
��� any person who
reveals to another the existence of an arrest, conviction or related legal
proceeding with knowledge that the records and information pertaining thereto
have been expunged or sealed is a disorderly person.� Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 2C:43-3, the maximum fine which can be imposed for
violation of this
[
section
]
subsection
is
[
$200.00
]
$2000
.
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b.��� any person or entity
regularly engaged in the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating or
disseminating criminal records on individuals for a fee must regularly update
the records to ensure accuracy, promptly delete a record that has been
expunged, provide clients with the date collected and explain to clients that
records are valid only as of the date collected.
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c.��� any person or entity
regularly engaged in the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating or
disseminating criminal records on individuals for a fee, which disseminates a
criminal record that has been expunged and knows or should have known at the
time of dissemination that the record has been expunged is liable to the
individual who is the subject of the criminal record for a penalty of $5,000 or
actual damages caused by the violation, whichever is greater, plus costs and
attorney fees.
(cf: N.J.S.2C:52-30)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 90th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill increases the
maximum fine which can be imposed on a person who reveals to another the
existence of an arrest, conviction or related legal proceeding with knowledge
that the record or information has been expunged or sealed.� In addition, the bill
imposes certain duties on any person or entity regularly engaged in the
business of collecting, assembling, evaluating or disseminating criminal
records on individuals for a fee and provides for penalties for disseminating a
criminal record that has been expunged.
���� Under current law, the maximum
fine which can be imposed for the disorderly persons offense on a person who
reveals to another the existence of an arrest, conviction or related legal
proceeding with knowledge that the records and information pertaining thereto
have been expunged or sealed is $200.� The bill would increase that amount to
$2,000.�
���� In addition, the bill provides
that any person or entity regularly engaged in the business of collecting,
assembling, evaluating or disseminating criminal records on individuals for a
fee is required to regularly update the records to ensure accuracy, promptly
delete a record that has been expunged, provide clients with the date collected
and explain to clients that records are valid only as of the date collected. If
any person or entity regularly engaged in the business of collecting,
assembling, evaluating or disseminating criminal records on individuals for a
fee, disseminates a criminal record that has been expunged and knows or should
have known at the time of dissemination that the record has been expunged is
liable to the individual who is the subject of the criminal record for a
penalty of $5,000 or actual damages caused by the violation, whichever is
greater, plus costs and attorney fees.
���� This bill would take effect on
the 90th day following enactment.