{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-11-78","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:11-78","heading":"Legislative information available to public, maintained in electronic form.","body":"1. a. The Office of Legislative Services shall make available to the public and maintain in electronic form the following information:\n(1)\tthe most current available compilation of the official text of the statutes of New Jersey;\n(2)\tthe text of all bills introduced during the current two-year session of the Legislature, including amended versions, as well as sponsor statements, committee statements, and fiscal notes;\n(3)\tall bills currently pending in the Legislature, listed by subject and sponsor;\n(4)\tbill-tracking data on all bills pending in the Legislature, including the history of actions, current status, a complete voting record, including individual votes by members of the Legislature recorded during committee meetings, updated on a daily basis and made available and maintained for the two-year legislative term in progress and the immediately preceding term, and, where appropriate, by citation of the section of law to be amended by a bill;\n(5)\ta current calendar of legislative events, including the schedule of legislative committee meetings, and a list of bills scheduled for legislative action;\n(6)\ta current directory of the members of the Legislature, including complete committee membership information;\n(7)\tthe text of all chapter laws beginning with laws passed by the Legislature after 12:00 noon, January 9, 1996; and\n(8)\tsuch other information as the Legislative Services Commission shall direct.\nb.\tThe information specified in subsection a. of this section shall be made available to the public through the largest nonproprietary cooperative public computer network.\nc.\tThe Office of Legislative Services shall not impose a fee or usage charge as a condition of accessing the information specified in subsection a. of this section through the network described in subsection b. of this section.\nd.\tThe Office of Legislative Services may offer a fee-based electronic legislative information service which may include, in addition to the information specified in subsection a. of this section, the following information and capabilities:\n(1)\tthe ability for users to automatically maintain updated private databases and receive notification of scheduled action on specific bills or subject matter;\n(2)\tthe ability for users to retrieve information by various means of searching full text; and\n(3)\tarchives of bill texts and related information from prior sessions of the Legislature.\ne.\tNothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a private individual or entity from using the information specified in subsection a. of this section to provide, either commercially or on a voluntary basis, services similar to those provided by the Office of Legislative Services pursuant to subsection d. of this section.\nf.\tThe Office of Legislative Services shall consult with the appropriate office within the executive branch of the State government responsible for computer security and guidelines in order to provide the information specified in subsection a. of this section on the largest nonproprietary cooperative public computer network, and both offices shall take all appropriate security measures, subject to the approval of the Legislative Services Commission or the designee thereof, to protect the computer systems that provide access to and store the information specified in subsection a. of this section.\ng.\tNo fee shall be charged to the Office of Legislative Services by the appropriate office within the executive branch of the State government responsible for computer security and guidelines for services rendered related to this act.\nL.1995, c.319; amended 2007, c.160.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"f14f82fca3e466a3391af6584803a7ae2267a9d5c6c3ab88d606c5d29e05cbf0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-11-77","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-11-79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}