ASSEMBLY, No. 1107
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman McKnight and Assemblyman Rooney
SYNOPSIS
Requires State agency to redact a person’s handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency’s Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on October 17, 2022.
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 1[immediately] on the 180th day after the date of enactment1.