SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, WAGERING, TOURISM & HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1107

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 23, 2022

      The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1107.

      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.

Assembly Bill No. 1107 is identical to Senate Bill No. 770 of the 2022-2023 session.