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SCR90
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 90
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes �Joint Committee on Human Trafficking.�
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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A
Concurrent Resolution
establishing the
�Joint Committee on Human Trafficking.�
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Be It
Resolved
by the Senate of the State of New
Jersey (the General Assembly concurring):
���� 1.��� a.� There is established
the �Joint Committee on Human Trafficking.�� The purpose of the joint committee
shall be to assess and monitor the human trafficking initiates, programs, and
supports within New Jersey.� The joint committee shall seek to identify both
short-term and long-term solutions and recommendations to monitor and address
the effectiveness of current human trafficking initiatives, programs, and
supports within the State.�
���� b.� In conducting its
business, the joint committee shall call upon the New Jersey Department of Law
and Public Safety, the New Jersey Commission on Human Trafficking, and the
Human Trafficking Unit of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General to offer
their respective expertise and experience concerning the condition of the
State�s human trafficking initiatives, programs, and supports, and what
improvements are necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of these efforts.�
The joint committee shall also call upon individuals in the academic community
or organizations with expertise, knowledge, or experience with issues facing
the State�s victims of human trafficking and the various programs implemented
to prevent or address human trafficking.� In addition, the joint committee
shall investigate the steps other states are taking to address human
trafficking and any funding mechanisms used to finance needed improvements and
updates.
���� 2.� a.� The joint committee
shall comprise six members, three of whom shall be members of the Senate
appointed by the President of the Senate, and three of whom shall be members of
the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly.� No more
than two members of the joint committee appointed by the President or the
Speaker shall be members of the same political party.� The President and the
Speaker shall each designate one appointee to the joint committee to serve as
co-chairperson of the joint committee.
���� b.� The joint committee shall
hold its first meeting within 30 days of the appointment of a majority of the
members, and shall meet thereafter at the call of its co-chairpersons.
���� c.� A majority of the
membership of the joint committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of joint committee business, and action may be taken at any meeting by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of the joint committee.� All public
meetings of the joint committee shall be recorded and transcribed.� All meetings
at which official joint committee action is taken shall be open to the public.�
The joint committee may meet and hold hearings at the places it designates
during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature.� The co-chairpersons of the
joint committee shall notify jointly the Office of Legislative Services, for
posting and distribution to the public, of the time, place, and agenda of each
meeting of the joint committee.
���� d.� The Office of Legislative
Services shall provide professional and clerical staff to the joint committee.
���� e.� The joint committee shall
be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the
employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau,
commission, or agency, or any public institution of higher education in the
State, as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes, and to
employ stenographic and clerical assistance and incur traveling and other
miscellaneous expenses necessary to perform its duties, within the limits of
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purposes.
���� 3.��� The joint committee
shall annually prepare and submit to the President of the Senate, the Speaker
of the General Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader
of the General Assembly, and the chairpersons of the Senate Law and Public Safety
Committee and the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee, or their
successors, a report containing its findings and recommendations, including any
proposals for legislation and other appropriate legislative or regulatory
action.� Any member of the joint committee who does not concur with the report
of the joint committee may issue a minority statement, which shall be included
in the transmitted report of the joint committee.
���� 4.��� This concurrent
resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This concurrent resolution
establishes the �Joint Committee on Human Trafficking� to study and make
recommendations concerning issues related to the effectiveness of human
trafficking initiatives, programs, and supports in New Jersey.� The joint
committee is charged with identifying both short-term and long-term solutions
and making recommendations to address the effectiveness of human trafficking
initiatives in the State.� In conducting its business, the joint committee is
directed to call upon the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, the
New Jersey Commission on Human Trafficking, and the Human Trafficking Unit of
the Office of the Attorney General to offer their respective expertise and
experience concerning the State�s human trafficking initiatives and what
improvements are necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of these efforts.
���� The joint committee is to be
composed of six members:� three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate
President, and three members of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker.�
���� On an annual basis, the joint
committee will prepare and submit a report containing its findings and
recommendations, including any proposals for legislation and other appropriate
legislative or regulatory action.�