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S2789 • 2026

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McKnight, Angela V.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.
  • Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

  3. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S2789 1R FISCAL ESTIMATE

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2789

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

DATED: MARCH 4, 2026

SUMMARY

Synopsis:

Requires law enforcement officers to have updated
photograph.

Type of Impact:

Annual State and local expenditure increases.

Agencies Affected:

Department of Law and Public Safety; Department of
Corrections; New Jersey Transit; County and Municipal Correctional, Humane,
Law Enforcement, and Parole Agencies; and College Campus Law Enforcement.

Office of
Legislative Services Estimate

Fiscal Impact

Annual

State Expenditure Increase

Indeterminate

Local Expenditure Increase

Indeterminate

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The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates this bill
would result in an indeterminate, likely modest increase in State and local
expenditures. The OLS lacks sufficient information on the current frequency of
certain personnel identification updates, employee data, and the cost of the
photos needed for personnel files or identification issued to quantify the
bill�s fiscal impact.

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The bill requires the Office of the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, to establish guidelines
regarding maintaining updated photographs of certain law enforcement personnel.
Depending on the office�s resource allocation policies, the added workload may
or may not augment State administrative expenditures.

BILL DESCRIPTION

����� This bill requires all law enforcement officers to
have a digital photograph taken and updated every three years.

����� Under the bill, certain law enforcement officers are
required to have their photograph taken every three years for their personnel
file and any photographic identification card issued by the agency employing
the law enforcement officer. Pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56, "law enforcement
officer" includes any person who is employed as a sworn member of any
State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, department, division, or
instrumentality of those governments who is statutorily empowered to act for
the detection, investigation, arrest, conviction, detention, or rehabilitation
of persons violating the criminal laws of the State. This includes sworn State,
county or municipal law enforcement officers, State and county correctional
police officers, State Parole officers, special law enforcement officers of all
classes, county or municipal humane law enforcement officers, New Jersey
Transit police officers, campus police officers, and those officers employed by
the Division of Criminal Justice and the Juvenile Justice Commission.

����� The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Superintendent of State Police, is required to establish guidelines for the
purposes of effectuating this bill.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

����� None received.

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

����� The OLS estimates this bill would result in an
indeterminate, likely modest increase in State

and local expenditures.

����� The bill requires the Office of the Attorney General,
in consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, to establish
guidelines regarding maintaining updated photographs of certain law enforcement
personnel. Depending on the office�s resource allocation policies, the added
workload may or may not augment State administrative expenditures.

����� The bill requires all law enforcement officers who are
statutorily empowered to act for the detection, investigation, arrest,
conviction, detention, or rehabilitation of persons violating the criminal laws
of the State to have an updated photograph on file. The OLS lacks sufficient
information on the current frequency of certain personnel identification
updates, the number of employees, and the cost of the photos needed for
personnel files or identification issued to quantify the bill�s fiscal impact.

Section:

Law and Public Safety

Analyst:

Kristin Brunner Santos

Lead Fiscal Analyst

Approved:

Thomas Koenig

Legislative Budget and Finance Officer

This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the
Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to
respond to our request for a fiscal note.

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980,
c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).