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S 1773

Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers supplemental breast cancer screenings

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Pete Harckham and 3 co-sponsors

Requires all covered law-enforcement officers to have a certified digital photo updated every ten years and kept in personnel files and IDs.

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Bill Summary · S 1773

Summary — S.1773 (2024–2025 session)

Note: metadata for this bill contains conflicting entries (an unrelated title about health-insurance coverage for supplemental breast cancer screenings appears in the header). The operative bill text and committee/fiscal documents concern a public‑safety measure requiring periodically updated digital photographs of law‑enforcement officers. This summary describes the bill content reflected in the legislative text, committee statement, and fiscal estimate.

Purpose

Require all covered law‑enforcement officers to have a certified digital photograph taken and updated on a regular schedule, to be kept in personnel files and on photographic identification cards where issued. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, will promulgate implementation guidelines.

Key provisions

  • Definition
    • “Digital photograph” is defined as a certified color image of an officer’s face that can be verified and authenticated electronically.
    • “Law enforcement officer” is defined by reference to existing statute (section 2 of P.L.1961, c.56 / C.52:17B-67), encompassing employed and sworn State, county, and municipal law‑enforcement personnel and related classes (corrections, parole, special officers, humane law enforcement, NJ Transit police, campus police, etc.).
  • Photo frequency and placement
    • A digital photograph of each covered officer must be taken and updated every ten years (committee amendment changed an original eight‑year interval to ten years).
    • The photograph must be included in the officer’s personnel file and on any photographic identification card issued by the employing agency.
  • Implementation
    • The Attorney General, consulting with the Superintendent of State Police, must establish guidelines to implement the law.
  • Effective date
    • The act takes effect immediately upon enactment (per bill text).

Who is affected

  • State, county, and municipal law‑enforcement agencies and their employees covered by the statutory definition (including corrections, parole, transit, campus, special, and humane law enforcement officers).
  • Agencies will bear responsibility for obtaining, storing, and updating digital photographs and for following Attorney General guidelines.

Fiscal and operational impact

  • Office of Legislative Services (OLS) fiscal estimate (Aug 1, 2025): annual State and local expenditure increases are indeterminate but likely modest. OLS cites lack of data on current photo‑update frequency, employee counts, and per‑photo costs; and potential administrative workload to develop and follow new guidelines.
  • Agencies may need modest funding for photography, secure storage, record updates, and administrative oversight.

Legislative/procedural status (selected timeline)

  • Introduced: May 15, 2025 (Senate).
  • Reported out of Senate Law & Public Safety Committee with amendments: Feb 13, 2025 (committee statement reflects the 10‑year amendment).
  • OLS fiscal estimate issued: Aug 1, 2025.
  • Referred to Governmental Operations (assembly/house committee referrals and multiple hearing scheduling/rescheduling entries noted for Oct 2025).
  • Effective upon enactment if passed.

Additional notes

  • Committee amendments: changed the photo‑update interval from eight to ten years and clarified the statutory cross‑reference for the definition of “law enforcement officer.”
  • Because some public record entries show inconsistent or duplicate procedural data (and there are unrelated docket items from another jurisdiction included in the source), readers should consult the official legislative website for the most current bill text and status.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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