Establishes "New Jersey Cybersecurity Task Force."

SJR107

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

No. 107

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator McKnight

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �New Jersey Cybersecurity Task Force.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A Joint
Resolution
establishing the �New Jersey
Cybersecurity Task Force.�

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

���� 1.� a.� There is established a
task force to be known as the �New Jersey Cybersecurity Task Force� to assess and
make recommendations to the Executive Branch and the Legislature on how to
address the growing number of cybersecurity threats in the State against New
Jersey residents and businesses.

���� The task force
recommendations, at a minimum, shall address the best practices and procedures
to:

���� (1) identify potential
cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities;

���� (2) mitigate risk and prevent
cyber breaches; and

���� (3) recover from cybersecurity
threats.

���� b.��� The task force shall
consist of 11 members as follows:

���� (1) the Attorney General, or a
designee;

���� (2) the supervising officer of
the High Tech Crimes Unit in the Department of Law and Public Safety, or a
designee from the State Police;

���� (3) the Director of the New
Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, or a designee;

���� (4) the Head of the New Jersey
Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell;

���� (5) the Senate President, or a
designee;

���� (6) the Speaker of the General
Assembly, or a designee; and

���� (7) five public members,
appointed by the Governor, as follows: one person upon the recommendation of
the New Jersey League of Municipalities; one person upon the recommendation of
the New Jersey Business and Industry Association; one person upon the recommendation
of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants; one person upon the
recommendation of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators; and a
faculty member from a higher education institution in this State with expertise
in information technology, data protection, and cybersecurity.

���� c.���� The members of the task
force shall be appointed and shall hold their initial organizational meeting
within 45 days after the effective date of this act.� At the initial
organizational meeting, the members shall elect a chairperson and
vice-chairperson from among the members of the task force by a majority vote.�
The task force may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the task
force.

���� d.��� Members of the task
force shall serve without compensation; however, the five public members
appointed by the Governor shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties within the limits of funds
appropriated or otherwise made available to the task force for its purposes.

���� e.���� Any vacancy in the
membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner in which the
original appointment was made.

���� f.���� The task force shall be
entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the
officials and employees of the State and its political subdivisions and their
departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and agencies as it may require and
as may be available to it for the purposes of the task force.� The Department
of Law and Public Safety shall provide staff support services to the task
force.

���� g.��� The task force shall
report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and, pursuant to
section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature no later than
one year following the initial organizational meeting of the task force.� The
task force shall expire upon the submission of its report, pursuant to this
section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall expire after the task force submits its findings
and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes a �New Jersey
Cybersecurity Task Force� to assess and make recommendations to the Executive
Branch and the Legislature on how to address the growing number of
cybersecurity threats in the State against New Jersey residents and businesses.

���� The task force
recommendations, at a minimum, must address the best practices and procedures
to:

���� (1) identify potential
cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities;

���� (2) mitigate risk and prevent
cyber breaches; and

���� (3) recover from cybersecurity
threats.

Under the bill, the task force
shall consist of 11 members as follows:

���� (1) the Attorney General, or a
designee;

���� (2) the supervising officer of
the High Tech Crimes Unit in the Department of Law and Public Safety, or a
designee from the State Police;

���� (3) the Director of the New
Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, or a designee;

���� (4) the Head of the New Jersey
Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell;

���� (5) the Senate President, or a
designee;

���� (6) the Speaker of the General
Assembly, or a designee; and

���� (7) five public members,
appointed by the Governor, as follows: one person upon the recommendation of
the New Jersey League of Municipalities; one person upon the recommendation of
the New Jersey Business and Industry Association; one person upon the recommendation
of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants; one person upon the
recommendation of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators; and a
faculty member from a higher education institution with expertise in
information technology, data protection, and cybersecurity.

���� The bill directs the task
force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the
Legislature no later than one year following its initial organizational meeting.�
The task force would expire upon the submission of its report.