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A5144 • 2026

Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.

Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Scharfenberger, Gerry
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.

Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.
  • Topic: Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.
Topic:
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5144

ASSEMBLY, No. 5144

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� GERRY SCHARFENBERGER

District 13 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman� GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Flynn and Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State Police to develop public database of
criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the State Police and undocumented immigrants
and supplementing Title 53 of the Revised Statutes.�

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

���� 1.��� This act shall be known
and may be cited as the �Right to Know Act.�

���� 2.��� a.� The State Police
shall develop and maintain a publicly available list of persons in the State
who:

���� (1)�� have been convicted of
or charged with a crime;

���� (2)�� lack valid documentation
of the legal right to be in the United States; and

���� (3)�� currently are in the
custody of a State, county, or municipal correctional facility.

���� b.��� The list required
pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall, for each person listed,
include:

���� (1)�� a photograph of the
person;

���� (2)�� the crime for which the
person was convicted or is currently charged; and

���� (3)�� the location and date of
the person�s release from custody.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the
�Right to Know Act,� which requires the State Police to develop a database of
undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions or charges.

���� Under the bill, the State
Police are required to develop and maintain a publicly available list of
persons in the State who: have been convicted of or charged with a crime; lack
valid documentation of the legal right to be in the United States; and are currently
in the custody of a State, county, or municipal correctional facility.

���� The bill also requires that
the list include, for each person listed, a photograph of the person, the crime
for which the person was convicted or is currently charged, and the location
and date of release from custody.