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S4088 • 2026

Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.

Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mukherji, Raj
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 advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.

Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.
  • Topic: Commerce Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.
Topic:
Commerce
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4088

SENATE, No. 4088

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Senator� JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits advertising generative artificial
intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning advertisement of generative
artificial intelligence and supplementing
P.L.1960,
c.
39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.�������� A person or
entity who develops or deploys generative artificial intelligence in the State
shall not advertise or represent to the public that the generative artificial
intelligence is able to practice a profession or occupation regulated pursuant
to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes or by the Judicial Branch of State
government or the Administrative Office of the Courts.

���� b.��� It shall be an unlawful
practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any person
who develops or deploys generative artificial intelligence in the State to
violate the provisions of this act.

���� c.���� As used in this act,
�generative artificial intelligence� means a technology system that: (1) is
trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or
more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and
(3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits a person
or entity who develops or deploys generative artificial intelligence in the
State from advertising or representing to the public that the generative
artificial intelligence is able to practice a profession or occupation regulated
pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes or by the Judicial Branch of State
government or the Administrative Office of the Courts.

���� A violation of the bill�s
provisions would be an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud act, and
would be punishable by a monetary penalty of not more than $10,000 for a first
offense and not more than $20,000 for any subsequent offense.� Additionally, a
violation of the consumer fraud act can result in cease and desist orders
issued by the Attorney General, the assessment of punitive damages, and the
awarding of treble damages and costs to the injured.