Bill Text: NJ A5365 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires State agencies to redact handwritten signatures prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-09-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A5365 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-A5365-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires State agencies to redact handwritten signatures prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning State agencies and redaction of certain signatures and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a State agency shall redact a person's handwritten signature on any document published on the State agency's Internet website on or after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
b. A State agency shall archive any document published on a State agency's Internet website prior to the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) that displays a person's handwritten signature, and the document may be republished on the State agency's Internet website if the State agency redacts the person's handwritten signature.
c. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit public access, pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), commonly known as the open public records act, to any document archived pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
d. As used in the act, "State agency" means each of the principal departments in the executive branch of the State Government, and all boards, divisions, commissions, agencies, departments, councils, authorities, or offices within any such departments.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a State agency to redact a person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents displaying the person's handwritten signature on the State agency's Internet website.
The bill also requires a State agency to archive any document published on the State agency's website that displays a person's handwritten signature prior to the effective date of the bill. A State agency may republish the archived document if the State agency redacts the person's handwritten signature. Any document archived pursuant to the provisions of the bill is to be made available to the public through the law commonly known as the open public records act.
Under the bill, "State agency" includes each of the principal departments in the executive branch of the State Government, and all boards, divisions, commissions, agencies, departments, councils, authorities, or offices within any such departments.
