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S4065 • 2026

Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.

Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.

Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Moriarty, Paul D.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.

Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.
  • Topic: Commerce Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.
Topic:
Commerce
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4065

SENATE, No. 4065

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling
users� health information without consent.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning wearable technology, data privacy, and
supplementing Title 56 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:�

���� �Consumer� has the same
meaning as defined in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.266 (C.56:8-166.4).

���� �Controls� or �controlled by�
means:�

���� (1)�� ownership of, or the
power to vote, more than 50 percent of the outstanding shares of any class of
voting security of the legal entity;

���� (2)�� control in any manner
over the election of a majority of the directors of the legal entity, or of
individuals exercising similar functions in the legal entity; or

���� (3)�� power to exercise a
controlling influence over the management of the legal entity.

���� �Health information� means any
information that is created or received by a wearable technology company and
relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition
of a consumer.

���� �Wearable technology� means
technology that is physically worn and identifies and captures an individual�s
motions, activities, and real-time data including but not limited to heart rate
and sleep, through sensors and other mechanisms.

���� �Wearable technology company�
means a sole proprietorship, limited liability company, corporation,
association, or other legal entity that sells, develops, deploys, or offers for
sale wearable technology.

���� b.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of P.L.2023, c.266 (C.56:8-166.4 et seq.), a wearable technology
company, or entity that controls or is controlled by a wearable technology
company, shall not sell or offer for sale the health information of a consumer
that was collected using wearable technology without the consumer�s express
written consent.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits wearable
technology companies from selling or offering to sell consumers� health information
collected by the companies� devices without the consumer�s express written
consent.� Under the bill, �health information� means any information that is
created or received by a wearable technology company and relates to the past,
present, or future physical or mental health or condition of a consumer, and
�wearable technology� means technology that is physically worn to identify and
capture an individual�s motions, activities, and real-time data including but
not limited to heart rate and sleep, through sensors and other mechanisms.