STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public high schools to display public awareness sign on human trafficking.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the posting of information on human trafficking and supplementing chapter 36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A public school enrolling students in grades nine through 12 shall display the public awareness sign on human trafficking developed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-237) and section 2 of P.L.2021, c.3 (C.52:17B-237.1) in a place that is clearly visible to employees, students, and the parents or guardians of enrolled students.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires public schools enrolling students in grades nine through 12 to display certain information on human trafficking.
Under current law, the Commission on Human Trafficking is required to develop language for a public awareness sign that contains the national, 24-hour toll-free hotline telephone service on human trafficking. The sign is to be no smaller than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size, printed in 16-point font, in English and Spanish. Certain entities are required, to the extent practicable, to display the public awareness sign.
Under this bill, a public school that enrolls students in grades nine through 12 is required to display the public awareness sign developed by the Commission on Human Trafficking in a place that is clearly visible to employees, students, and the parents or guardians of enrolled students.