A4869 • 2026

Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: McGuckin, Gregory P.
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.

What This Bill Does

Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Topic: Consumer Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Topic:
Consumer Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4869

ASSEMBLY, No. 4869

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful
possession and use of credit card scanners.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning credit card scanners and supplementing Title 2C 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.��� a.� As used in this act,
a credit card scanner means a device which electronically or otherwise reads,
records, or transmits the information stored, encoded, or imbedded on or in a
credit, debit, or other charge card.

���� b.��� Any person who possesses
a credit card scanner without a lawful purpose is guilty of a disorderly
persons offense.

���� c.���� Any person who uses a
credit card scanner for an unlawful purpose is guilty of a crime of the second
degree.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the second month following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes new
offenses relating to the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.

���� Under the provisions of the
bill, a person who possesses a credit card scanner without a lawful purpose is
guilty of a disorderly persons offense.� A disorderly persons offense is
punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment for a term of up to six
months, or both.

���� A person who uses a credit
card scanner for an unlawful purpose is guilty of a crime of the second
decree.� A crime of the second degree is punishable by a fine of up to
$150,000, imprisonment for a term of between five and 10 years, or both.