State AI law
New Jersey
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We track 138 artificial-intelligence bills and regulations in New Jersey. 5 have been signed or enacted, and 82 are still moving.
Last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How we collect and check bills
Where New Jersey’s bills stand
138 bills- Introduced
- 8
- In committee
- 72
- Passed a chamber
- 2
- Signed or enacted
- 5
- Dead or vetoed
- 51
Overview
How New Jersey regulates AI
New Jersey has 138 published AI-related bills in our register, 5 of them signed or enacted. Every bill below links to its own page with the status, dates and a plain-English summary.
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Deepfake Laws in New Jersey
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Coming into force
Signed New Jersey laws with an effective date still ahead.
All New Jersey deadlines →- Jul 1, 2027 S451 · Makes use of algorithmic systems to influence price and supply of residential rental units unlawful.
- Aug 1, 2027 S3612 · Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."
- Sep 1, 2027 A4015 · "New Jersey Kids Code Act"; adopts New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code and requires certain online service …
New Jersey AI bills
RSS feed for New JerseyRequires artificial intelligence companion operators to provide notifications that users are not communicating with human.
New Jersey's A4732 would require operators of AI companions, meaning generative AI systems designed to simulate a sustained human or human-like relationship, to tell users they are not talking to a human. The notice must come at the start of each interaction and repeat at least every three hours. The penalty would be $15,000 per violation. This describes the bill as introduced March 10, 2026; later committee amendments, if any, are not reflected.
"New Jersey Kids Code Act"; adopts New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code and requires certain online service providers to implement certain…
New Jersey's A 4015 (P.L.2026, c.73), the New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code, covers online services that display user content and let account holders interact, are reasonably likely to be accessed by minors, and whose providers earn over $25 million a year or process data of 25,000+ consumers or households. For users they know are under 18, providers must set the highest privacy by default, limit notifications, keep their data out of algorithmic recommendations unless based on their settings or requests, and take reasonable steps against compulsive use. Enforced under the Consumer Fraud Act, with private suits. Approved August 11, 2026; effective September 1, 2027.
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."
New Jersey's Fair Price Protection Act (S 3612) was substituted on June 30, 2026 by A 4085 (Assembly committee substitute for A 4085 and A 4523, third reprint), which became P.L.2026, c.55 on July 23, 2026. It makes surveillance pricing of groceries and other foodstuffs, meaning pricing set in whole or part by an algorithm or automated system using personal data, an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, with exceptions. It also sets a one-year moratorium on new electronic shelf labels. Effective August 1, 2027 (first day of the 13th month after enactment); the moratorium section takes effect February 1, 2027.
Makes use of algorithmic systems to influence price and supply of residential rental units unlawful.
New Jersey's FAIR Act (Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent) makes it unlawful, and a violation of the New Jersey Antitrust Act, to use rent-pricing software to coordinate residential rents. It bars owners from paying for or subscribing to a coordinator's services, bars coordinators from facilitating restraints on competition, and bars parallel pricing coordination. Enacted through the identical A3497, approved July 20, 2026 (P.L.2026, c.43); takes effect July 1, 2027.
Directs DEP to establish artificial intelligence flood prediction and mapping tool.
New Jersey's A3087 would require the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with institutions of higher education and private sector technology companies, to build and deploy an AI tool that uses satellite imagery, rainfall data and climate models to identify high-risk flood zones at the block or neighborhood level, available to municipalities, county planning agencies, emergency managers and the public.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
New Jersey's A3968 would have the Department of Transportation, with the Motor Vehicle Commission, establish a three-year pilot program allowing authorized testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a nine-member task force, with crash reporting and safety requirements. Introduced January 13, 2026; the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee reported it as a committee substitute on June 1, 2026 and it was referred to Assembly Appropriations. Identical to Senate bill S1677. It has not passed either house.
Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.
New Jersey's A 4733 (as introduced) would bar a person or entity that develops or deploys generative AI in the State from advertising or representing to the public that the AI can practice a profession or occupation regulated under Title 45 of the Revised Statutes or by the Judicial Branch or Administrative Office of the Courts. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud act. Introduced March 10, 2026; reported by two Assembly committees and referred to Assembly Appropriations May 28, 2026; not passed by either house.
Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.
New Jersey's A4731, in its first reprint, would direct the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs to adopt rules within six months setting a model policy for licensee use of generative AI, and each professional and occupational board to adopt it within nine months. Introduced March 10, 2026; reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee with amendments on March 16, 2026.
"GAI Accountability Act;" imposes civil penalties on generative artificial intelligence platforms engaging in harmful activity, including ex…
New Jersey's A 5090, the GAI Accountability Act, would make owners, operators and developers of generative AI platforms that do business in, are based in, or are accessible to residents of New Jersey civilly liable if they fail to prevent the platform from engaging in conduct that would be murder, assault, theft by deception or extortion, endangering the welfare of children, or creating child sexual abuse or exploitation material if done by a human. The penalty would be $20,000 per violation. Introduced May 14, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee; it has not passed either house.
"AI Image Disclosure Act"; concerns disclosure of certain AI-generated content.
New Jersey's A 5089, the AI Image Disclosure Act (as introduced), would require a covered provider of a publicly accessible generative AI system to put a manifest (clear and conspicuous) and a latent (not visible or audible) disclosure in AI-generated images, video and audio. Social media platforms with at least five million account holders worldwide would have to label detected provenance data and could not strip it. Civil penalties would be $5,000 per violation. Introduced May 14, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee; it has not passed either house.
Provides disparate impact based on automated decision system as cause of action for certain consumers.
New Jersey's S 4279 (as introduced) would bar a covered entity (lender, housing provider, screening company, creditor, servicer, insurer or their agents) from using an automated decision system in housing or credit decisions in a way that results in a disparate impact on a protected class, a violation of the Law Against Discrimination. It would require impact assessments at least every two years, notice and human review on request, and would let the Division on Civil Rights or Attorney General impose fines of at least $5,000 for certain violations. Introduced May 14, 2026 and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee; not passed.
"AI Likeness Protection Act"; concerns distributing realistic representation of individual's image, likeness, or voice created using generat…
New Jersey's A5088, the AI Likeness Protection Act, would require a person to get consent from an individual (or a minor's parent or guardian) before publishing or distributing a highly realistic generative-AI representation of that person's voice or likeness. The individual could sue for an injunction and the greater of actual damages plus profits or a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation. Introduced May 14, 2026.
Requires disclosure to be made when generative artificial intelligence is used to operate chatbots that provide election related information…
New Jersey's A4729 would require a chatbot that uses generative AI to provide election-related information or information on a candidate's accomplishments, positions or qualifications to give a clear, conspicuous disclosure, before the content, that it is AI-generated. The person overseeing the chatbot would be liable for up to $6,000 for a first offense and up to $12,000 for each later one. This describes the bill as introduced March 10, 2026; later committee amendments, if any, are not reflected.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
New Jersey's S1677 would have the Department of Transportation, with the Motor Vehicle Commission, establish a three-year pilot program allowing authorized testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a nine-member task force, with crash reporting and safety requirements. Introduced January 13, 2026 and referred to the Senate Transportation Committee, which reported it as a committee substitute on May 11, 2026; then referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations. Identical to Assembly bill A3968. It has not passed either house.
Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.
New Jersey's S4088 would bar developers and deployers of generative AI in the State from advertising or representing to the public that the AI is able to practice a profession or occupation regulated under Title 45, by the Judicial Branch or by the Administrative Office of the Courts. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud act. Introduced May 4, 2026.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's A3929 would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a business entity to use a biometric surveillance system, meaning facial or other remote biometric recognition software, on a consumer at its physical premises unless it gives clear notice and uses it for a lawful purpose. Businesses could not sell, share or profit from the information. This describes the bill as introduced (pre-filed text); later amendments, if any, are not reflected.
Requires certain State agencies to establish expedited approval and permitting procedures for artificial intelligence data centers powered b…
New Jersey's A4769 would require the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules within 12 months creating expedited approval and permitting procedures for AI data centers powered by on-site small modular nuclear reactors. Introduced March 19, 2026.
"Social Media Fairness and Transparency Act"; establishes requirements for social media companies concerning content moderation practices; e…
New Jersey's A4768, the Social Media Fairness and Transparency Act, would require large social media companies to publish their content-moderation standards and the keywords used to censor or prioritize posts, let users opt out of algorithmic post prioritization, and notify users when their content is censored. Violations would be consumer fraud violations, with a private right of action (up to $100,000 in statutory damages per claim). Introduced and referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on March 19, 2026; it has not passed either house.
Establishes "Fair Pricing and Transparency Act."
New Jersey's A4742 (Wainstein, Rodriguez, Walker), the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act, would bar retail food stores from using surveillance-based price discrimination, dynamic pricing, or personalized pricing (personalized pricing means prices set using automated systems, AI, machine learning, or algorithms relying on consumer or inferred data) on groceries and other foodstuffs. Retail establishments with more than 50 employees would not be covered. Introduced March 19, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee; identical Senate bill S3952.
Restricts use of certain artificial intelligence generated communications in election campaigns.
New Jersey's A4741 would restrict AI-generated election campaign communications. Covered communications created or altered with AI could not be published within 90 days before an election, must carry the label 'Artificial intelligence was used in creating this message', and could not contain AI deceptive media portraying an opposing candidate as demonstrably false, fraudulent or defamatory. A violation would be a fourth-degree crime. Introduced March 19, 2026.
Establishes "Fair Pricing and Transparency Act."
New Jersey's S3952, the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act, would bar retail food stores with 50 or fewer employees from surveillance-based price discrimination, dynamic pricing and personalized pricing of groceries, and require them to post sale prices clearly. Stores of 15,000 square feet or more could not use electronic shelf labels until four years after the effective date. Introduced March 16, 2026.
Modifies child endangerment statute to include AI technology; establishes criminal penalties.
New Jersey's A2767 would amend the child endangerment law (N.J.S.2C:24-4) so that a person who knowingly or recklessly causes or allows a child to be subjected to sexual conduct through the person's creation, control, possession, manipulation, use, dissemination, sale or promotion of automated interactive computer technology capable of performing or simulating sexual conduct commits a fourth-degree crime. It is not a violation if the technology is designed to refrain from sexual conduct with a child. Reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and referred to the Public Safety and Preparedness Committee March 16, 2026; it has not passed either chamber.
Prohibits use and sale of algorithmic devices that set sale price of goods or services.
New Jersey's A 4685 (as introduced) would make it unlawful for a business entity to use, sell, distribute, develop, transfer or otherwise make available an algorithmic device, meaning software that uses algorithms on a consumer's personal data to recommend or set the sale price of goods or services. The Attorney General could sue for damages, injunctive relief, restitution and civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation. Introduced March 16, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee; it has not passed either house.
"Clean Energy AI Incentivization Act"; directs BPU to incentivize artificial intelligence centers to bring their own self-sufficient, clean …
New Jersey's A 4710, the "Clean Energy AI Incentivization Act", would direct the Board of Public Utilities to set responsible infrastructure development standards for AI data centers, including that owners or operators build energy generation to meet the data center's needs, and to create a program, including tax credits, to incentivize construction of data centers that meet them. Introduced March 16, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee; it has not passed either house.
Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity …
New Jersey's S680 would require new AI data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to submit an energy usage plan to the Board of Public Utilities and to source all hourly electricity from new Class I renewable energy or newly built nuclear plants. These duties would start once the Board finds that a majority of PJM states have adopted similar requirements. This describes the bill as introduced (pre-filed text); later committee amendments, if any, are not reflected.
Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.
New Jersey's S3883 would require a school district board of education, or charter or renaissance school board of trustees, that uses a surveillance system with artificial intelligence capabilities, including video surveillance, x-ray machines and body scanners, to adopt a policy on it and give it to parents and guardians. Introduced March 12, 2026.
Prohibits certain businesses from using dynamic, surveillance, or personalized algorithmic pricing when selling groceries to consumers.
New Jersey's S 3732 would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a retail food store or third-party grocery delivery platform to use dynamic pricing, surveillance pricing or personalized algorithmic pricing when selling groceries, in person or online. Discounts and loyalty benefits based on past purchases would still be allowed. Introduced March 5, 2026 and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee; it has not passed either house.
Requires boards of education and boards of trustees to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities…
New Jersey's A1323, in its first reprint, would require a school district board of education or a charter or renaissance school board of trustees that uses a surveillance system with AI capabilities (video surveillance, x-ray machine or body scanner) to adopt a policy on it. It was reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee with amendments on February 19, 2026.
Requires notification of use of artificial intelligence system in certain communications with consumers.
New Jersey's S3668 would require a person or entity that deploys an AI system to communicate with a consumer through an online platform to tell the consumer, clearly and conspicuously, that an AI system is communicating and how to reach a human. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act. Introduced February 24, 2026.
Restricts use of certain artificial intelligence generated communications in election campaigns.
New Jersey's S3702 would restrict AI-generated election campaign communications. Communications created or altered with AI could not be published within 90 days before an election, must carry the label 'Artificial intelligence was used in creating this message', and could not contain AI deceptive media portraying an opposing candidate as demonstrably false, fraudulent or defamatory. A violation would be a fourth-degree crime. Introduced February 24, 2026.
Requires BPU, DCA, and DEP to establish expedited approval and permitting procedures for artificial intelligence data centers powered by sma…
New Jersey's S3639 would require the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules within 12 months of the effective date creating expedited approval and permitting procedures for AI data centers powered by on-site small modular nuclear reactors. Introduced February 24, 2026.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on artificial intelligence; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop artificial in…
New Jersey's A 4352 would require each school district to include instruction on artificial intelligence in the curriculum for grades K-12 and require each public institution of higher education to offer AI certificate and degree programs. The Secretary of Higher Education would develop AI model curricula for four-year institutions and for county colleges. Introduced February 19, 2026 and referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee; it has not passed either house.
Provides civil penalties for campaign advertisements containing "deepfake" misrepresentations of candidates.
New Jersey's A4163 would make a covered person liable for fraudulent misrepresentation of a candidate if they knowingly and intentionally disseminate a campaign advertisement containing a deepfake of that candidate, unless it carries a prescribed disclosure and embedded content provenance. A candidate could sue for punitive damages and daily civil penalties of up to $15,000, $50,000 or $250,000 by office. Introduced February 19, 2026.
Updates certain crimes to include nonconsensual pornographic deepfake threats and disclosure.
New Jersey's S3303 would amend the invasion of privacy and criminal coercion laws to cover deepfakes. Knowingly reproducing, without license or privilege, an actual or deepfake image of another person's exposed intimate parts or sexual activity without consent would be a third-degree crime; disclosing such a deepfake image knowingly or with reckless disregard of license would be fourth degree with a fine of up to $30,000; threatening to disclose one would count as criminal coercion. Introduced February 2, 2026.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's S3305 would make it a fourth-degree crime to create deceptive audio or visual media (deepfakes) without license or privilege for an unlawful purpose, and a third-degree crime to disclose such media without clearly identifying it as deceptive, with a fine up to $30,000. The depicted person could sue for at least $1,000 liquidated damages per violation. Introduced February 2, 2026.
Prohibits use of facial recognition technology on consumer except for legitimate safety purpose.
New Jersey's S3268 would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a person selling goods or services at retail, or at a place of public accommodation, to use a biometric surveillance system (facial or other remote biometric recognition software) on a consumer, except for a legitimate safety purpose. Introduced February 2, 2026.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence-enabled video interview in hiring process.
New Jersey's S3263 would require an employer that asks applicants to take a video interview analyzed by AI to give notice, explain how the AI works and obtain written consent beforehand. Applicant videos could be shared only with necessary service providers and deleted within 30 days on request. Violations would carry civil penalties of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each later one. Introduced February 2, 2026.
Requires OIT to develop NJ generative artificial intelligence program and implement artificial intelligence education courses with county go…
New Jersey's A2616 would require the Office of Information Technology to develop a public New Jersey generative AI program and coordinate AI education courses with counties. It would appropriate $1,000,000 for the program and $500,000 for grants to counties, both from the General Fund. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Requires artificial intelligence companies to conduct safety tests and report results to Office of Information Technology.
New Jersey's S1802 would require AI companies, meaning private entities or public agencies that sell, develop, deploy, use or offer AI technology in New Jersey, to test all their AI technology annually under Office of Information Technology requirements and report results to the Office. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Urges generative artificial intelligence companies to make voluntary commitments regarding employee whistleblower protections.
New Jersey's SR52 is a Senate resolution that would urge generative AI companies to make six voluntary commitments protecting employees who raise risk-related concerns. It is a resolution and does not change the law or bind any company. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Establishes "Authentic Relationships Act"; prohibits artificial intelligence relationship simulation.
New Jersey's A2710 would create the Authentic Relationships Act. Providers could not design, develop, market or make available AI relationship simulations in New Jersey; AI could include features resembling intimate interaction only if used exclusively for a legitimate medical usage and not simulating a romantic or sexual relationship. The Attorney General could assess civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation, and harmed individuals could sue. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Creates standards for independent bias auditing of automated employment decision tools.
New Jersey's A1021 would bar an employer or employment agency from using an automated employment decision tool if more than one year has passed since its most recent independent bias audit. Audits would have to calculate selection or scoring rates and impact ratios across categories such as sex, race, age and disability. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
"New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA)"; establishes certain requirements for disclosure and processing of per…
New Jersey's S2602 would create the New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA). Controllers could process personally identifiable information only on a listed basis, such as the consumer's affirmative opt-in consent, and consumers would get disclosure, correction, erasure, objection and automated-decision rights. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, and an Office of Data Protection and Responsible Use would be created in the Division of Consumer Affairs. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Creates "New Jersey Responsible AI Advancement and Workforce Protection Act."
New Jersey's S1840 would create the New Jersey Responsible AI Advancement and Workforce Protection Act, funding worker retraining through an AI Horizon Fund fed by a 5% assessment on AI infrastructure entities' gross AI revenue. It would require environmental assessments and community benefit agreements for AI computing facilities and impact assessments for high-risk AI systems.
Requires AG to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and issue report with recommendations for Statewide policy.
New Jersey's A759 would require the Attorney General to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and report to the Governor and Legislature within six months of the bill's effective date, with recommendations for a statewide policy covering State and local law enforcement agencies.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's S1464 would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a business to use a biometric surveillance system (facial or other remote biometric recognition) on consumers at its premises unless it gives clear and conspicuous notice and has a lawful purpose. Businesses could not sell or profit from the data collected.
Updates certain crimes to include nonconsensual pornographic deepfake threats and disclosure.
New Jersey's A2736 would add deepfake images to New Jersey's invasion-of-privacy and criminal coercion offenses. Knowingly reproducing an actual or deepfake intimate image without consent would be third-degree; disclosing a deepfake image based on another person's image, knowingly or with reckless disregard of any license or privilege, would be fourth-degree; threatening disclosure would be criminal coercion.
Urges generative artificial intelligence and content sharing platforms to make voluntary commitments to prevent and remove harmful content.
New Jersey's AR101 is a resolution that does not change the law. It would urge generative AI and content sharing platforms to voluntarily commit to preventing and removing harmful deepfake and cheapfake content, and direct the Clerk to send copies to the chief executives of leading AI and content sharing companies in the State.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
New Jersey's S2129 would make it a fourth-degree crime to knowingly or recklessly disclose, or to solicit, intentionally deceptive audio or visual media (deepfakes) within 90 days of an election with intent to deceive a voter with false information; a repeat offense would be third-degree. Voters and depicted candidates could sue, and media carrying a prescribed disclaimer would be excepted.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
New Jersey's S1159 would add 'deceptive audio or visual media' (deepfakes) to the State's invasion-of-privacy law, making it a third-degree crime, with a fine of up to $30,000, to disclose such intimate media of a person without consent, knowing one is not licensed or privileged to do so. It would add such media to the child sexual exploitation offenses and let the person depicted sue.
Establishes "Artificial Intelligence Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emergin…
New Jersey's S1668 would establish the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Partnership, administered by the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, in which certified nonprofit partners in four regions support emerging AI technology businesses. Partners could apply for grants from a new non-lapsing fund, matched by private funds on a minimum basis set by the Commission.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
New Jersey's S2942 would let the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development contract with private entities in public-private partnerships to develop AI training, providing retraining for displaced workers and advancing the workforce's AI skills. The private entity would be exempt from procurement and contracting requirements and from prevailing wage requirements.
Establishes programs in EDA to support New Jersey-based start-up, small businesses, and medium-sized businesses adopting artificial intellig…
New Jersey's A2480 would create three Economic Development Authority programs: financial assistance for AI businesses based in New Jersey through a revolving loan fund, an AI for Small Business Grant Program for start-ups and small businesses, and a consultancy program for small and medium-sized businesses adopting AI. It would appropriate $175.5 million from the General Fund.
Establishes Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure.
New Jersey's S2940 would create the Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure, in but not of the Department of the Treasury, led by a full-time Director appointed by the Governor with Senate consent. Its mandate would include State cybersecurity policy, secure technology infrastructure, and AI policies so public and private institutions can safely integrate AI into professional practices.
Prohibits use and sale of algorithmic devices for setting rent price or occupancy of residential dwelling units.
New Jersey's A2299 would make it unlawful to sell, license or provide landlords with an 'algorithmic device' that sets or recommends rents or occupancy rates for residential units, and unlawful for landlords to use one. The Attorney General could sue for damages, injunctions and civil penalties of up to $1,000 per violation.
Restricts use and sale of algorithmic devices for establishing rent price or occupancy of residential property.
New Jersey's A3989 would make it unlawful to sell, license or provide landlords with an 'algorithmic device' that sets or recommends rents or occupancy rates for residential units, and unlawful for landlords to use one. A violation would be a per se violation of the New Jersey Antitrust Act.
Makes use of algorithmic systems to influence price and supply of residential rental units unlawful.
New Jersey's A3326 would make it unlawful, and a violation of the New Jersey Antitrust Act, for a rental property owner to subscribe to or pay a 'coordinator' that collects pricing, supply or lease-date data from two or more owners and recommends rents, renewal terms or occupancy levels. It would also bar coordinators from facilitating agreements that restrict competition for residential units.
Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's A768 would allow autonomous vehicles to be tested on New Jersey public roads if a designated operator sits in the driver's seat and the manufacturer has $5,000,000 in insurance, a surety bond or self-insurance and the Motor Vehicle Commission has approved its application. Manufacturers would also have to give buyers a written disclosure of the data the technology collects.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
New Jersey's A1639 would extend the State's compulsory automobile liability insurance requirement and the no-fault Automobile Reparation Reform Act to self-driving motor vehicles of any SAE automation level, so their owners would have to carry the same insurance as other vehicle owners.
Regulates artificial intelligence in news media industry; establishes "Artificial Intelligence In Communications Oversight Committee."
New Jersey's A3307 would regulate AI in the news media. News entities could use AI to assist staff but not replace them, and generative AI content would need a prominent label, source credit and an accuracy disclaimer. Civil penalties would be $10,000, $20,000 and then $30,000 per violation. It would also create the Artificial Intelligence In Communications Oversight Committee. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
New Jersey's A1359 would add 'deceptive audio or visual media' (deepfakes) to the State's invasion-of-privacy law, making it a third-degree crime, with a fine of up to $30,000, to disclose such intimate media of a person without consent, knowing one is not licensed or privileged to do so. It would add such media to the child sexual exploitation offenses and let the person depicted sue.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
New Jersey's S735 would bar anyone who develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system in New Jersey from advertising or representing that the system is, or can act as, a licensed mental health professional. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act.
Extends crime of identity theft to include fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake techn…
S 329 would expand New Jersey's identity theft crime to cover falsely depicting someone with a deepfake to gain a benefit or to injure or defraud them. A deepfake here is AI-generated or manipulated audio, video, speech or text that a reasonable person would believe shows the person, made without consent and likely to cause harm. Penalties would scale with the number of victims, from a fourth-degree crime (up to 18 months) for one victim to a second-degree crime (5 to 10 years) for five or more. Courts could order the deepfake destroyed and a public retraction at the defendant's expense. Pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Grant Program in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
New Jersey's A3072 would create an Artificial Intelligence Grant Program in the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to fund nonprofits providing AI education and training. Each year the Secretary would select four nonprofits for grants of up to $25,000 each, paid from an Artificial Intelligence Education Fund. The text reviewed is the pre-filed version.
Requires AG to study use of artificial intelligence for certain law enforcement purposes and issue report.
New Jersey's A3076 would require the Attorney General to study how law enforcement agencies use AI to generate police reports and report to the Governor and Legislature within six months of the act's effective date, with recommendations for a Statewide policy. The text reviewed is the pre-filed version.
Provides funding to nonprofit organizations to implement smart technology and artificial intelligence systems to enhance security infrastruc…
A 2608 would create the New Jersey Equitable Nonprofit Security and Innovation Grant Program in the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. Nonprofits, including places of worship, could get up to $25,000 for smart technology that cuts operating costs and up to $100,000 for AI security systems such as AI-powered surveillance and threat detection. The office would favor groups serving at-risk communities and communities of color, request at least $14 million a year, and have to approve every AI system bought with grant money to make sure it is not unfairly discriminatory. Pending in the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Establishes task force to research and report on potential sources of funding for artificial intelligence initiatives and appropriate tax in…
A 2620 would create an 11-member Artificial Intelligence Initiative Funding Task Force in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury to report, within 12 months of organizing, on public and private funding sources for AI initiatives in the state. It would recommend tax incentives for the industries most affected by expanded AI use, public-private partnerships, collaborations with colleges and universities, and ways to align AI funding with workforce needs and economic growth, and identify bills for the Legislature to adopt. Pending in the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Ethics Board in DOLWD.
A 2478 would create a seven-member Artificial Intelligence Ethics Board in New Jersey's Department of Labor and Workforce Development to oversee the sale and use of AI technology, with a focus on bias prevention, privacy, transparency and accountability. Anyone selling or offering an AI product or service in the state would first need an independent AI impact assessment, done within the prior year and meeting the board's standards on privacy and job displacement. The board would also recommend protections for workers displaced by AI, such as a month's notice, retraining and severance. Pending in the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of…
New Jersey's A2069 would require the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, to study the impact of AI on the State's economy and report within one year of the effective date. The text reviewed is the pre-filed version.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
New Jersey's S2324 would extend the State's no-fault Automobile Reparation Reform Act and compulsory liability insurance requirement to self-driving vehicles capable of operating without active control or monitoring by a human operator, so their owners would have to carry the same coverage as other owners, including personal injury protection (per the Statement).
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
New Jersey's S2860 would establish an Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, with corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for tax years beginning in 2026. The credit is one-half of a qualified apprentice's wages, capped at $5,000 per apprentice per period. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on artificial intelligence; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop artificial in…
New Jersey's S2862 would require each school district to include AI instruction in grades K-12 within its Computer Science and Design Thinking standards. It would require public higher education institutions to offer AI certificate and degree programs, and the Secretary of Higher Education to develop AI model curricula. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
New Jersey's S 2130 (as introduced) would have the Attorney General, consulting the state Chief Technology Officer, establish a Deep Fake Technology Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice to give State and local law enforcement, prosecutors and courts technical assistance, expertise and training on deceptive audio or visual media, including analyzing evidence and giving expert testimony. The unit would issue annual reports beginning one year after it forms, and $2 million would be appropriated from the General Fund. Introduced January 13, 2026 and referred to the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee; it has not passed either house.
Prohibits collection of biometric identifier information by public or private entity under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's S 1463 would bar public and private entities in the State from collecting, retaining, converting, storing or sharing biometric identifier information gathered through biometric surveillance systems (including facial, iris, retina, voice, fingerprint or palm recognition), but would let them collect it if they post clear notice at every common entryway. Violations would carry civil penalties of $5,000 and $10,000, and a pattern of violations would be a crime. Referred to the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee January 13, 2026; it has not passed either house.
Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial i…
New Jersey's A 1170 would require, once the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) finds that a majority of PJM-region states have adopted similar rules, that all electricity for AI data centers come from new verifiable Class I renewable or nuclear energy, and that anyone applying for local approval of an AI data center submit an energy usage plan to the BPU for approval. Referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee January 13, 2026; it has not passed either house.
Establishes certain requirements for social media websites concerning content moderation practices; establishes cause of action against soci…
New Jersey's S861 would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a social media website to fail to publish and consistently apply its censorship, suspension and "anonymous" ban standards, to notify users of such actions, and to let users opt out of post-prioritization and banning algorithms. It would bar those algorithms for known candidates, with Attorney General fines of $100,000 per day (statewide candidates) or $10,000 per day (others), and let users sue over inconsistent standards or censoring without notice. Referred to the Senate Commerce Committee January 13, 2026; it has not passed either chamber.
Requires collection of data by health insurers regarding health insurance claims and decisions made using automated utilization management s…
New Jersey's S1029 would require health insurers (payers) to keep and report data on claims, including denials, appeals and prior-authorization outcomes, and would make them disclose whether they use an automated utilization management system (a system that may use AI to recommend or decide coverage) and how many claims it reviewed. A payer determined to have denied at least 20 percent of a year's claims without proper justification would have to repay covered persons for the denied services. Referred to the Senate Commerce Committee January 13, 2026; it has not passed either chamber.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
New Jersey's A799 would bar anyone who develops or deploys an artificial intelligence system in New Jersey from advertising or representing that the system is, or can act as, a licensed mental health professional. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act.
"New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA)"; establishes certain requirements for disclosure and processing of per…
New Jersey's A1360 would create the New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA). Controllers could process personally identifiable information only on a listed basis, such as the consumer's affirmative opt-in consent, and consumers would get disclosure, correction, erasure, objection and automated-decision rights. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, and an Office of Data Protection and Responsible Use would be created in the Division of Consumer Affairs. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
New Jersey's A3585 would make it a fourth-degree crime to knowingly or recklessly disclose, or to solicit, intentionally deceptive audio or visual media (deepfakes) within 90 days of an election with intent to deceive a voter with false information; a repeat offense would be third-degree. Voters and depicted candidates could sue, and media carrying a prescribed disclaimer would be excepted.
Regulates use of automated employment decision tools in employment decisions to minimize discrimination in employment.
New Jersey's A2726 would regulate automated employment decision tools. A tool could not be sold, developed, deployed, used or offered in New Jersey unless it had a bias audit in the past year; employers would have to notify candidates at least 10 days before use and post audit summaries. Civil penalties would be up to $1,500 for a developer's first violation and up to $500 per violation for employers. Pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
New Jersey's A3058 would have the Attorney General, consulting the State Chief Technology Officer, establish a Deepfake Technology Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice to analyze and authenticate evidence, give expert testimony and train law enforcement, prosecutors and courts. It would appropriate $2 million from the General Fund to the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Requires DLPS to establish training program to prepare law enforcement to interact with autonomous vehicles.
New Jersey's A958 would require the Attorney General, consulting the Commissioner of Transportation, to develop or approve a training course on safely interacting with autonomous vehicles in emergency and traffic enforcement situations and make it available to all law enforcement agencies. New officers would have to complete it before permanent appointment.
Prohibits collection of biometric identifier information by public or private entity under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's A3926 would bar public and private entities from collecting, retaining, converting, storing or sharing biometric identifier information unless they post clear, plain-language notice at every common entryway about their use of a biometric surveillance system. Penalties would be $5,000 for a first violation and $10,000 for later ones, with criminal grading for a pattern of violations.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
New Jersey's A390 would create the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council in, but not of, the Office of Information Technology, with seven voting members, to study the advantages and disadvantages of State agencies procuring, developing and using AI. It would assess the need for a State AI code of ethics and review agencies' automated decision systems, and report to the Governor and Legislature within one year of its first meeting. Referred to the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee January 13, 2026; it has not passed either chamber.
Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.
New Jersey's A4639 would require a school district board of education, or a charter or renaissance school project board of trustees, that uses a surveillance system with AI capabilities, including a video surveillance system, x-ray machine or body scanner, to adopt a policy on it, distribute it to parents and post signs. Introduced June 25, 2024; second reprint as reported by the Assembly Education Committee with amendments on December 18, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes "Authentic Relationships Act"; prohibits artificial intelligence relationship simulation.
New Jersey's A6246 (Authentic Relationships Act) would have barred providers from offering in the state any AI relationship simulation, meaning software or a device designed or marketed to imitate or encourage an intimate, romantic or sexual relationship between a person and AI. Supervised medical uses that do not simulate romance were exempt. The Attorney General could seek up to $25,000 per violation, harmed individuals could sue, and deceiving a person into thinking they were talking to a human would have violated the consumer fraud act. It died in committee when the 2024-2025 session ended.
Directs DEP to establish artificial intelligence flood prediction and mapping tool.
New Jersey's A6036 would require the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with higher education institutions and private technology companies, to develop and implement an AI-based tool to predict and map flood risk in the State, and make it available to municipalities, county planning agencies, emergency management officials and the public. Introduced November 17, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Not law. S 4702 would have had the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission run a three-year pilot letting approved testers operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a seven-member task force. Testers would need a trained operator able to take control and $5 million in insurance or a bond; vehicles would need safety redundancy, override controls, crash data recording, cybersecurity and visible AV markings, and collisions would be reported within 48 hours. It also set rules for autonomous taxis and trucks. The Senate Transportation Committee approved it 6-0 on November 10, 2025, but it died when the 2024-2025 session ended.
Requires BPU, DCA, and DEP to establish expedited approval and permitting procedures for artificial intelligence data centers powered by sma…
New Jersey's S4811 would require the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules within 12 months creating expedited approval and permitting for AI data centers powered by on-site small modular nuclear reactors. Introduced November 6, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Modifies child endangerment statute to include AI technology; establishes criminal penalties.
New Jersey's A5848 would amend the child endangerment statute (N.J.S.2C:24-4) so that knowingly or recklessly causing or allowing a child to be subjected to sexual conduct through automated interactive computer technology capable of performing or simulating sexual conduct is a fourth-degree crime. This describes the bill as introduced June 16, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Not law. A 5919 would have had the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission run a three-year pilot letting approved testers operate fully autonomous vehicles, overseen by a five-member task force. Testers would need a trained operator able to take control and $5 million in insurance or a bond; vehicles would need safety redundancy, override controls, crash data recording, cybersecurity and visible AV markings, and collisions would be reported within 48 hours. It also set rules for autonomous taxis and trucks. It never left the Assembly Transportation Committee before the 2024-2025 session ended; its Senate twin, S 4702, got further.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
New Jersey's A5603 would bar anyone who develops or deploys an AI system in New Jersey from advertising or representing to the public that it is, or can act as, a licensed mental health professional. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act. Introduced May 5, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity …
New Jersey's S4143 (2024-2025 session) would have required electricity for new AI data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to come from new Class I renewable or newly built nuclear energy, and required an energy usage plan approved by the Board of Public Utilities, once the Board found that a majority of PJM states had adopted the same rule. It did not pass: introduced February 20, 2025, reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee March 17, 2025 and amended on the Senate floor June 2, 2025, with no later action before the session ended.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
New Jersey's S4463 would bar anyone who develops or deploys an AI system in New Jersey from advertising or representing to the public that it is, or can act as, a licensed mental health professional. A violation would be an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act. Introduced May 19, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires AG to study use of artificial intelligence for certain law enforcement purposes and issue report.
New Jersey's A 5615 would have required the Attorney General to study law enforcement agencies' use of artificial intelligence to generate police reports and report to the Governor and Legislature within six months of the effective date. The report would assess available AI technology, summarize current use statewide and recommend a statewide policy requiring an officer to review any AI-generated report for accuracy and completeness before issuing it. Introduced May 5, 2025 and referred to the Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee; it died in committee when the 2024-2025 session ended.
Requires AG to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and issue report with recommendations for Statewide policy.
New Jersey's A5616 would require the Attorney General to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and report to the Governor and Legislature within six months of the act's effective date. The report would include recommendations for a Statewide policy. Introduced May 5, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial i…
New Jersey's A 5564 (as introduced) would, once the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) finds that a majority of PJM-region states require it, require all electricity supplied to an AI data center to come from new verifiable Class I renewable energy, nuclear power, or both. Anyone applying for local approval of an AI data center would also have to submit an energy usage plan to the BPU, which would have to decide within 90 days; no AI data center could connect to the grid without approval. Introduced April 10, 2025 and referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee; it died when the 2024-2025 session ended.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Grant Program in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
New Jersey's A5540 would establish an Artificial Intelligence Grant Program in the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to fund nonprofits providing AI education and training. Each year the Secretary would select four nonprofits for grants of up to $25,000 each. Introduced April 10, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
New Jersey's A 3540 (P.L.2025, c.40) makes it a third-degree crime for a person, without license or privilege, to create a deepfake (deceptive audio or visual media) to attempt or further any crime or offense, or to solicit, disclose or use one for that purpose; knowingly or recklessly disclosing a deepfake made in violation is a fourth-degree crime. A fine of up to $30,000 may be added, sentences must run consecutively with the underlying offense, and victims may sue for at least $1,000 per knowing or reckless violation. Approved April 2, 2025; effective immediately.
Establishes "Artificial Intelligence Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emergin…
New Jersey's S4253 would establish an Artificial Intelligence Innovation Partnership, administered by the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology through certified nonprofit partners in four regions. Partners could apply for grants requiring a private-sector match. Introduced March 3, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Urges generative artificial intelligence companies to make voluntary commitments regarding employee whistleblower protections.
New Jersey Assembly Resolution 158 urges generative AI companies to commit to principles that protect employees who raise risk-related concerns: no non-disparagement agreements over such concerns or retaliation through vested economic benefits, a verifiably anonymous process to reach the board, regulators and an independent organization, no retaliation for public disclosure after other processes fail, and legal and technical safe harbor for good-faith safety evaluation. The Assembly adopted it 74-0 on January 30, 2025. It is a resolution of one chamber that does not change the law.
Establishes AI and Labor Market Study Commission to analyze impact of artificial intelligence on labor market.
New Jersey's A4888 would establish an 11-member AI and Labor Market Study Commission in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to study AI's effect on the workforce and a Job Transition Fund for displaced workers. Introduced October 17, 2024; reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee with amendments on January 23, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
New Jersey's A4935 would establish an Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, with corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for periods beginning in 2026. The credit is one-half of a qualified apprentice's wages, up to $5,000. Introduced October 21, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes task force to research and report on potential sources of funding for artificial intelligence initiatives and appropriate tax in…
New Jersey's A5168 would establish an 11-member Artificial Intelligence Initiative Funding Task Force to research and report on public and private funding sources for AI initiatives and tax incentives for sectors most affected by AI. The report would be due within 12 months of organization. Introduced January 14, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Urges generative artificial intelligence companies to make voluntary commitments regarding employee whistleblower protections.
New Jersey's SR121 is a Senate resolution that would urge generative AI companies to make six voluntary commitments protecting employees who raise risk-related concerns. It is a resolution and does not change the law or bind any company. Introduced January 14, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Regulates artificial intelligence in news media industry; establishes "Artificial Intelligence In Communications Oversight Committee."
New Jersey's A5164 would regulate AI in the news media. News entities could use AI to assist staff but not replace them, and generative AI content would need a prominent label, source credit and an accuracy disclaimer. Civil penalties would be $10,000, $20,000 and then $30,000. Introduced January 14, 2025. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
New Jersey's S3984 would let the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development contract with a private entity that takes on full financial and administrative responsibility for developing AI job training, including retraining for displaced workers and building AI skills in the State workforce. Each agreement would create an advisory council reporting annually to the Governor and Legislature. The private entity would be exempt from the Department's procurement rules and certain prevailing wage requirements. Introduced December 19, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
New Jersey's S3871 would create an Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and a tax credit for AI apprentices. The credit, under the corporation business tax and the gross income tax, would equal one-half of a qualified apprentice's wages, up to $5,000 per apprentice per privilege period, for periods beginning in 2026. Introduced November 18, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
New Jersey's A5033 would let the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development contract with a private entity that takes on full financial and administrative responsibility for developing AI job training, including retraining for displaced workers and building AI skills in the State workforce. Each agreement would create an advisory council reporting annually to the Governor and Legislature. The entity would be exempt from procurement and certain prevailing wage requirements. Introduced November 14, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on artificial intelligence; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop artificial in…
New Jersey's A4936 would require each school district to include AI instruction in grades K-12 as part of the Student Learning Standards in Computer Science and Design Thinking, and each public institution of higher education to offer AI certificate and degree programs. The Secretary of Higher Education would develop AI model curricula for four-year institutions and county colleges. Introduced October 21, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires artificial intelligence companies to conduct safety tests and report results to Office of Information Technology.
New Jersey's S3742 would require AI companies, defined as any private entity or public agency that sells, develops, deploys, uses or offers AI technology in New Jersey, to subject their AI technology to a safety test each year and report the results to the Office of Information Technology (OIT). OIT would set minimum test requirements, including cybersecurity, bias and inaccuracy analysis, and would review each report. Introduced October 7, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires OIT to develop NJ generative artificial intelligence program and implement artificial intelligence education courses with county go…
New Jersey's A4821 would require the Office of Information Technology to develop a New Jersey generative AI program, available to the public, that uses natural language processing to respond to prompts, and to run an annual safety test on it. OIT would also coordinate with counties on AI courses, and the bill appropriates $1,000,000 for the program and $500,000 for county grants. Introduced September 19, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Updates certain crimes to include nonconsensual pornographic deepfake threats and disclosure.
New Jersey's S3551 would amend the criminal invasion of privacy law to cover deepfake images. Recording an actual or deepfake image of a person's exposed intimate parts or sexual activity without consent would be a third-degree crime, and disclosing a deepfake of another person created in that way, knowing or with reckless disregard of lacking a license or privilege, would be a fourth-degree crime. Threatening to disclose such an image would count as criminal coercion. Introduced September 12, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Urges generative artificial intelligence and content sharing platforms to make voluntary commitments to prevent and remove harmful content.
New Jersey Assembly Resolution 141 urges platforms used to generate and disseminate deepfake and cheapfake media to commit voluntarily to preventing and removing harmful content, and has copies sent to the chief executives of leading AI and content-sharing companies in the State. Its findings describe deepfakes and cheapfakes as artificially produced content used for libel, misrepresentation, blackmail, hacking and intimidation. The Assembly adopted it 74-1-1 on June 28, 2024. It is a resolution of one chamber that does not change the law.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
New Jersey's S3357 would create the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, located in but not part of the Office of Information Technology, to study State agency use of AI. The seven voting members would assess whether State agencies need an AI code of ethics, recommend guidelines, review automated decision systems, and report to the Governor and Legislature within one year of the first meeting. Introduced June 3, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
New Jersey's A2364 would have the Attorney General, consulting the State Chief Technology Officer, create a Deepfake Technology Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice to give technical help and training to law enforcement, prosecutors and State courts, and would appropriate $2,000,000 to the Department of Law and Public Safety. First Reprint, reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on March 4, 2024, with amendments. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Updates certain crimes to include nonconsensual pornographic deepfake threats and disclosure.
New Jersey's A4435 would amend the criminal invasion of privacy law to cover deepfake images. Recording an actual or deepfake image of a person's exposed intimate parts or sexual activity without consent would be a third-degree crime, and disclosing a nonconsensual deepfake based on another person's image, knowingly or with reckless disregard of lacking a license or privilege, would be a fourth-degree crime. Threatening to disclose such an image would count as criminal coercion. Introduced May 20, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Urges Congress to enact "Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act."
New Jersey's SR104 is a Senate resolution that urges Congress to enact the 'Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act' (H.R. 3106). It is a resolution that does not change the law. The resolution cites deepfake intimate images, an increase in deepfake child pornography and an incident at Westfield High School, and directs that copies go to congressional leaders and New Jersey's members of Congress. Introduced May 20, 2024. A resolution of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology to study impact of State agencies procuring, implementing, and operating artificia…
New Jersey's A4399 would direct the Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology to study how State agencies procure, implement and operate AI-powered technology and to issue a written report within one year after the act takes effect. The study would list the agencies that use AI, why each uses it, and what each spends. Introduced May 16, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
New Jersey's A4400 would create the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, located in but not part of the Office of Information Technology, to study State agency use of AI. The seven voting members would assess whether State agencies need an AI code of ethics, recommend guidelines, review automated decision systems, and report to the Governor and Legislature within one year of the first meeting. Introduced May 16, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Creates standards for independent bias auditing of automated employment decision tools.
New Jersey's A3855, as introduced, would bar an employer or employment agency from using an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) if more than one year has passed since its last independent bias audit, require audits by sex, race/ethnicity and intersectional categories, and require posted audit results and candidate notice at least 10 business days before use; it sets no penalties. Introduced February 22, 2024. The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee reported an Assembly Committee Substitute on May 16, 2024, whose text is not described here. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Provides funding to nonprofit organizations to implement smart technology and artificial intelligence systems to enhance security infrastruc…
New Jersey's A4363 would create the New Jersey Equitable Nonprofit Security and Innovation Grant Program in the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHSP), with grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits, including places of worship, for smart technology (up to $25,000 per application) and AI security systems (up to $100,000 per application), as annually appropriated. Introduced May 13, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence enabled video interview in hiring process.
New Jersey's S3015 would require an employer that asks applicants for video interviews and uses AI to analyze them to notify the applicant, explain how the AI works and what characteristics it evaluates, and obtain written consent first. Employers would have to delete interviews within 30 days of a request and report applicants' race and ethnicity data annually to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Violations would carry a $500 civil penalty for a first offense and $1,000 for each later one. Introduced April 8, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Creates standards for independent bias auditing of automated employment decision tools.
New Jersey's S2964 would bar an employer or employment agency from using an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) if more than one year has passed since its last independent bias audit. Audits would have to compute selection or scoring rates and impact ratios by sex, race/ethnicity and intersectional categories. Employers would have to post audit results and notify candidates at least 10 business days before use. The text sets no penalties. Introduced March 18, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
Not law. A 1892 would have made it a crime in New Jersey to disclose sexually explicit deepfakes of a person without consent, with the same penalty as nonconsensual 'revenge porn' (a third-degree crime: 3 to 5 years and up to $15,000), and would have punished deepfakes depicting the sexual abuse of a child like child sexual abuse material. People depicted could also sue for invasion of privacy. The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee approved it 7-0 on March 4, 2024, but it got no further action before the 2024-2025 session ended. Its Senate twin was S 976.
Extends crime of identity theft to include fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake techn…
New Jersey's A3912 would extend the identity theft crime to impersonating or falsely depicting another person by means of AI or deepfake technology. A 'false personation record' is computer-generated or substantially manipulated media or text that appears to show a real person doing something they did not do, without consent, and is substantially likely to cause perceptible individual or societal harm. Grading follows the benefit or number of victims: fourth degree for one victim up to second degree for five or more. Introduced February 27, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence enabled video interview in hiring process.
New Jersey's A3911 would require an employer that asks applicants for video interviews and uses AI to analyze them to notify the applicant, explain how the AI works and what characteristics it evaluates, and obtain written consent first. Employers would have to delete interviews within 30 days of a request and report applicants' race and ethnicity data annually to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Violations would carry a $500 civil penalty for a first offense and $1,000 for each later one. Introduced February 27, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Requires DLPS to establish training program to prepare law enforcement to interact with autonomous vehicles.
New Jersey's A3757 would require the Attorney General, consulting the Commissioner of Transportation, to develop or approve a training course for law enforcement officers on safely interacting with autonomous vehicles in emergency and traffic enforcement situations. The Attorney General would have to ensure all officers complete in-service training by December 31, 2020, a date that falls before the bill's introduction, and new officers would complete it before permanent appointment. Introduced February 22, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
New Jersey's S2545 would have the Attorney General, consulting the Chief Technology Officer of the Office of Information Technology, create a Deep Fake Technology Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice to give technical help and training to law enforcement, prosecutors and State courts, and would appropriate $2 million to the Department of Law and Public Safety. Introduced February 8, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
New Jersey's S2483 would make it a fourth-degree crime to create deceptive audio or visual media (deepfakes) without license or privilege and for an unlawful purpose, and a third-degree crime to disclose such media, knowing or reasonably should know it was unlawfully created, without clearly labeling it. A fine of up to $30,000 may be imposed for disclosure. The person depicted could sue for at least $1,000 in liquidated damages per violation. Introduced February 5, 2024. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Extends crime of identity theft to include fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake techn…
New Jersey's S736 would extend the identity theft crime to impersonating or falsely depicting another person by means of AI or deepfake technology. A 'false personation record' is computer-generated or substantially manipulated media or text that appears to show a real person doing something they did not do, without consent, and is substantially likely to cause perceptible individual or societal harm. Grading follows the benefit or number of victims: fourth degree for one victim up to second degree for five or more. Pre-filed for the 2024 session. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Concerns regulation of automated systems and artificial intelligence used by State agencies.
Not law. S 1438 would have set rules for New Jersey state agencies' use of automated systems and AI. A new Artificial Intelligence Officer would write procedures for agencies using automated systems to make critical decisions and publish agencies' inventories of those systems, and an AI Implementation Officer would have to approve any new automated system an agency wanted to develop, use or buy, starting two years after enactment. It also would have created a legislative AI Advisory Board and a task force to draft an AI bill of rights. It never left committee in the 2024-2025 session.
Prohibits use of facial recognition technology on consumer except for legitimate safety purpose.
New Jersey's S 968 (2024-2025 session, as introduced) would make it an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act for a person selling goods or services at retail, or operating a place of public accommodation, to use a biometric surveillance system (software that performs facial recognition or other remote biometric recognition) on a consumer, except for a legitimate safety purpose. The bill's statement says violations would carry penalties up to $10,000 for a first offense and $20,000 after. Introduced January 9, 2024 and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee; it died when the 2024-2025 session ended.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
New Jersey's S976 would make it a third-degree crime to disclose deceptive audio or visual media (deepfakes) depicting sexual activity or intimate parts without the person's consent, with a fine of up to $30,000. It would also treat such media depicting a child as child sexual exploitation material with the same penalties as other such items, and give the depicted person a civil action in Superior Court with at least $1,000 liquidated damages per violation. Pre-filed for the 2024 session. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.
Not law. A 1589 would have let autonomous vehicles be tested on New Jersey roads with Motor Vehicle Commission approval. Testing would have needed a licensed operator employed or designated by the manufacturer, seated in the driver's seat and able to take control at once, and $5 million in insurance, a surety bond or self-insurance. Manufacturers would have had to certify prior testing on private tracks or out-of-state roads and tell buyers what information their autonomous technology collects. It never left committee in the 2024-2025 session.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of…
New Jersey's A1781 would require the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, to study the impact of AI-powered technology and automation on the growth of the State's economy and to submit a written report within one year after the act takes effect. Pre-filed for the 2024 session. A bill of the Legislature's 2024-2025 session, which ended January 13, 2026.
Establishes "New Jersey Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Task Force."
New Jersey's AJR 164, enacted as P.L. 2019, Joint Resolution No. 2, created the New Jersey Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Task Force to study vehicles with SAE driving automation level 3, 4 or 5 and recommend laws to integrate them safely on state roads. Its 11 members include the Transportation Commissioner, the Motor Vehicle Commission chief administrator and public members with autonomous vehicle expertise. Within 180 days of its first meeting it had to report on state laws that may impede testing, on licensing, insurance, liability and infrastructure, and recommend pilot programs. It took effect immediately on approval (March 18, 2019) and expires when the report is issued.
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