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A 1941

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Linda Rosenthal

Expands locations required to display the human trafficking awareness sign, adding gas stations, staffing agencies, law offices, nail salons, and MVC offices.

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Bill Summary · A 1941

Summary — Assembly Bill A1941 (2024)

Purpose

A1941 expands locations required to display the Commission on Human Trafficking’s public awareness sign that informs the public and employees how to identify and report suspected human trafficking (including the national 24-hour human trafficking hotline). The goal is to increase visibility of reporting resources in additional high-contact establishments.

Key provisions

  • Requires the Commission on Human Trafficking (within Dept. of Law & Public Safety) sign — which contains the national 24-hour human trafficking hotline and other identification/reporting information — to be posted in additional establishments.
  • New required locations added by the bill:
    • Gas stations
    • Privately operated staffing agencies / job recruitment centers
    • State, county, and municipal law enforcement offices
    • Nail salons
    • New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) offices
  • Sign specifications: at least 8.5" x 11", printed in 16-point font, in English and Spanish. The Commission may revise the sign as needed; a printable version is available on its website.
  • Maintenance requirement (committee amendment): establishments must maintain the sign; any sign that is removed or defaced must be replaced within 10 days of the establishment becoming aware of the problem.
  • Enforcement and penalties: civil penalty of $300 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense (the bill retains the existing penalty amounts).

Who is affected

  • Newly covered entities: gas stations, staffing agencies, law enforcement offices (State/county/municipal), nail salons, and MVC offices.
  • Existing covered entities under P.L.2021, c.3 (e.g., strip clubs, massage businesses, bars, airports, bus/rail stations, truck stops, emergency rooms, hotels/motels, rest areas, farm labor contractors, etc.) remain subject to the posting requirement.
  • Owners/operators of the affected establishments are responsible for posting and maintaining the sign.

Fiscal and administrative impact

  • Office of Legislative Services: no additional State or local expenditure — the Commission already provides printable signs in English and Spanish.
  • Potential marginal State revenue increase from civil penalties is indeterminate; historical collections for such fines have been limited.

Procedural status & timeline

  • Introduced: Jan 9, 2024.
  • Committee actions: reported by Assembly Judiciary and Assembly Public Safety & Preparedness (committee amendments adopted Sept. 12, 2024). Reported to Appropriations; later referred to Labor on Jan 14, 2025.
  • Effective date: the act would take effect immediately upon enactment.

Sponsors / Related bills

  • Sponsors: Assemblywoman Shanique Speight (primary) and Linda Rosenthal (primary).
  • Related/companion bills: S3781, S5139; prior-session A8070.

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

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