Requires Attorney General to establish and maintain domestic extremist organization database.

S3908

SENATE, No. 3908

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Attorney General to establish and maintain
domestic extremist organization database.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning domestic extremist organizations and
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� For the purposes of this
act:

���� �Domestic extremism� means the
activity of groups or individuals who commit or plan violent criminal acts motivated
by a political or ideological viewpoint.

���� �Domestic extremist
organization� means a group formed or individuals associated for the purpose of
engaging in domestic extremism.

���� �Law enforcement agency�
means� any federal, State, or local agency which is empowered by statute to act
for the detection, investigation, arrest, conviction, detention, or
rehabilitation of persons violating criminal laws.

���� �Military� means any branch of
the Armed Forces of the United States, or a Reserve component thereof, or the
National Guard of this State or another state as defined in section 1 of
P.L.1963, c.109 (C.38A:1-1).

���� 2.��� a. In consultation with
the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, the Attorney
General shall establish and maintain, at a publicly accessible location on its
Internet website, a searchable database of information concerning domestic
extremist organizations operating within or with any known connection to the
State.

���� b.��� The database shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information concerning each
domestic extremist organization: �any name or nickname associated with the
organization; a description of the organization�s purpose and objectives;
information concerning membership and recruiting tactics of the organization,
including whether the organization is known to recruit current or former
members of a law enforcement agency or the military; and any known criminal
activities of the organization.�

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment, except that the Attorney General may take any anticipatory action as
shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

����� This bill requires the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and
Preparedness, to establish and maintain, at a publicly accessible location on
its Internet website, a searchable database of information concerning domestic
extremist organizations operating within or with any known connection to the
State.

����� The bill defines a �domestic extremist organization�
as a group formed or individuals associated for the purpose of engaging in
domestic extremism. �Domestic extremism� is defined as the activity of groups
or individuals who commit or plan violent criminal acts motivated by a
political or ideological viewpoint.

���� The bill requires the database to include, but not be
limited to, the following information concerning each domestic extremist
organization:� any name or nickname associated with the organization; a
description of the organization�s purpose and objectives; information
concerning membership and recruiting tactics of the organization, including
whether the organization is known to recruit current or former members of law
enforcement agencies or the military; and any known criminal activities of the organization.