Requires disclosure by applicants for State employment of previous or ongoing criminal investigations.

A2147

ASSEMBLY, No. 2147

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Murphy

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires disclosure by applicants for State
employment of previous or ongoing criminal investigations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning the hiring of State employees and
supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

����� 1.�� The
commission shall create a form to be issued, in a manner consistent with
P.L.2014, c.32 (C.34:6B-11 et seq.), to every applicant for public employment
in the classified, unclassified, and senior executive service of State
government who has received a first

interview. The form shall inquire of
the applicant whether the applicant is or has ever been the subject of an
investigation by any law enforcement agency in this State for the commission of
a crime under Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; whether the investigation
concerns or concerned an accusation levied by another employee of the State
agency to which the applicant is applying; whether the applicant was arrested,
charged, indicted, or convicted pursuant to such investigation; and the result
of any subsequent appellate filings concerning the applicant in relation
thereto. The form shall further inquire whether the applicant has ever been
arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted under N.J.S.2C:14-2 or N.J.S.2C:14-3.

���� For
purposes of this section, �law enforcement agency� means a county or municipal
police department or force, a county corrections department, a county sheriff's
office, the police department of a State agency, the State Department of
Corrections, and the State Police. �State agency� means any of the principal
departments in the Executive Branch of the State Government, and any division,
board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by
such department, and any independent State authority, commission,
instrumentality or agency.
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���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 60th day following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the Civil
Service Commission to create a form pertaining to criminal investigations of
applicants for State employment that will be issued to every applicant for
public employment in the classified, unclassified, and senior executive service
of State government who has received a first interview.

���� The form must be included in
the application process in a manner consistent with �The Opportunity to Compete
Act,� and will ask the following: whether the applicant is or has ever been the
subject of a criminal investigation by any law enforcement agency in this
State; whether the investigation concerns or concerned an accusation levied by
another employee of the same State agency to which the applicant is applying;
whether the applicant was arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted pursuant to
that investigation; and the result of any subsequent appellate filings. The
form must also inquire whether the applicant has ever been arrested, charged,
indicted, or convicted under N.J.S.2C:14-2 (Sexual Assault or Aggravated Sexual
Assault) and N.J.S.2C:14-3 (Criminal Sexual Contact or Aggravated Criminal
Sexual Contact).