New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A4981: Artificial intelligence-based systems-regulate use for electronic monitoring
Status: In committee, May 7, 2026
Regulates use of artificial intelligence-based systems for electronic monitoring regarding employment and public services.
What the bill says
An Act regulating the use of AI-based systems for electronic monitoring regarding employment and public services and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
From the introduced text, May 7, 2026:
An Act regulating the use of AI-based systems for electronic monitoring regarding employment and public services and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. As used in this act: Authorized representative means a representative designated by an employer or an employee, including an attorney, and, in the case of an employee, any recognized bargaining representative or majority representative of the employee. Automated benefit or service decision system or ABSDS means any computational process, algorithm, or automated system, which utilizes information about a service beneficiary together with machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, artificial intelligence, or similar methods to produce outputs, including data, assumptions, predictions, scores, classifications, metrics, rankings, profiles, recommendations, inferences, conclusions, or other information, which are used make decisions regarding the provision to a service beneficiary of public benefits or services. An automated benefit or service decision system does not include a spam filter, firewall, antivirus, or other software not used to produce those outputs. Automated employment decision system or AEDS means any computational process, algorithm, or automated system, which utilizes information about an employee or applicant together with machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, artificial intelligence, or similar methods to produce outputs, including data, assumptions, predictions, scores, classifications, metrics, rankings, profiles, recommendations, …
Sponsors
- Heather Simmons (D, 3) · primary sponsor
- Cody D. Miller (D, 4) · primary sponsor
- Carol A. Murphy (D, 7) · primary sponsor
- Anthony S. Verrelli (D, 15) · primary sponsor
- Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, 15)
- Kevin P. Egan (D, 17)
- Joe Danielsen (D, 17)
- Wayne P. DeAngelo (D, 14)
- William B. Sampson, IV (D, 31)
- Anthony Angelozzi (D, 8)
- Maureen Rowan (D, 2)
- Marisa Sweeney (D, 25)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF AST
Subjects: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Common questions
- What is A4981?
- A4981 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Artificial intelligence-based systems-regulate use for electronic monitoring.
- What does A4981 do?
- In its own words: An Act regulating the use of AI-based systems for electronic monitoring regarding employment and public services and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A4981?
- In committee as of May 7, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF AST (May 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored A4981?
- Heather Simmons (D, 3), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A4981?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A4981
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