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S3492 • 2026

Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.

Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Beach, James
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.

Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.
  • Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

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

Official Summary Text

Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.
Topic:
Law and Public Safety
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3492

SENATE, No. 3492

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Diegnan

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires use of email for certain community
notification under Megan�s Law.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning community notification and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey
Statutes.

����
Be It Enacted

by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The Attorney General
shall provide a means for email notification to any person who requests to be
notified pursuant to subsection b. of this section when a sex offender, whose
registration information is posted on the Internet pursuant to P.L.2001, c.167
(C.2C:7-12 et seq.), registers a new address in a different county or zip code
from the offender�s previous address or when any other information concerning
that sex offender is updated on the registry.

���� b.��� A person may request to
receive notification by email pursuant to subsection a. of this section for
updated information for not more than three counties or zip codes.

���� c.���� The Attorney General
shall promulgate guidelines to effectuate the provisions of this act.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Attorney General, upon request, to provide a means for email notification when
a sex offender listed on the Internet registry registers a new address in a
different county or zip code from the offender�s previous address or when any
other information concerning that sex offender is updated on the registry.�

���� Under the bill, members of the
public may request to receive this information by email for up to three
counties or zip codes.� The notification by email provided under this bill
supplements the current methods of notification.