STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2115

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman MOEN)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 19, 2024

      These floor amendments require certain motorbus operators of private entities under contract to the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT) to provide motorbus regular route service to attend a one-time training course on human trafficking, as developed and provided by NJT and allow NJT the discretion to waive the training requirement for motorbus operators of private entities under contract to NJT to provide motorbus regular route service if the private entity requires its motorbus operators to complete an equal or greater training course on the handling and response procedures for suspected human trafficking activities. The amendments also require NJT to establish which contracted motorbus operators are required to attend the one-time training course and clarify that NJT is responsible for ensuring all its employees attend the one-time training course.  Prior to this amendment, the bill provided that NJT is responsible for ensuring all employees attend the one-time training course. Additionally, the amendments preclude current contracts between NJT and a private entity to provide motorbus regular route service that were entered into prior to the effective date of the bill from the requirements of this bill and update the bill’s title and synopsis.