SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 4905

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  January 8, 2026

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 4905 (1R).

      As amended, Senate Bill No. 4905 (1R) revises the statutory definition of certain waterfront workers consistent with the requirements of federal P.L.92-544. 

      Under federal P.L.92-544, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is authorized to exchange criminal history record information with officials of State and local governments only if authorized by state statute and approved by the Attorney General of the United States.  The FBI, with the assistance of the United States Department of Justice, has determined that federal P.L.92-544 requires that state statutes meet certain criteria, which include, among other things, that the statute specifically identify the category of persons required to be fingerprinted for purposes of obtaining criminal history record information. 

      Accordingly, to retain access to the FBI Criminal Justice Information Service, the bill revises certain statutory definitions to more specifically identify the category of waterfront workers required to be fingerprinted. 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments clarify the definition of “telecommunications system controller.”

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.