Bill Text: NJ S1295 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires State agency to redact person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-01-09 - Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2023, c.294. [S1295 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S1295-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Singleton
SYNOPSIS
Requires State agency to redact a person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning State agencies and redaction of certain signatures and supplementing P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a State agency shall redact a person's handwritten signature on any document published on the State agency's Internet website, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), on or after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
b. A State agency shall archive any document published on a State agency's Internet website prior to the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) that displays a person's handwritten signature and the document may be republished on the State agency's Internet website if the State agency redacts the person's handwritten signature.
c. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit public access, pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), commonly known as the open public records act, to any document archived pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect on the 180th day after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a State agency to redact a person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents displaying the person's handwritten signature on the State agency's Internet website, pursuant to any publication requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act." The bill requires a State agency to archive any document that displays a person's handwritten signature published on the State agency's website prior to the effective date of the bill. A State agency may republish the archived document if the State agency redacts the person's handwritten signature. Any document archived pursuant to the provisions of the bill is to be made available to the public through the open public records act.
This bill takes effect six months following enactment.
