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As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 28 AI rules in New Jersey: 18 state-level rules and 10 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
New Jersey state-level AI rules (18)
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
NJ Fair Pricing and Transparency Act S3952 (2026)
NJ · Effective 2027-07-23 · N.J. S3952 / A3929 (222nd Legislature, 2026) — signed July 23, 2026; effective July 23, 2027
Governor Meredith Sherrill signed New Jersey S3952/A3929, the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act, on July 23, 2026, making New Jersey the third state to ban surveillance-based grocery pricing, following Maryland and Connecticut. The law prohibits retail food stores from setting individualized prices based on a customer's personal data, purchasing history, or tracked attributes. It also imposes a one-year moratorium on electronic shelf labels (ESLs). Effective July 23, 2027. Notably, the law includes a private right of action for injured consumers — the first state surveillance-pricing law to do so.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
NJ Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act
New Jersey · Effective 2027-07-20 · Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act, N.J. P.L.2026, c.43 (A3497/S451), signed July 20, 2026
New Jersey Governor Sherrrill signed the Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act on July 20, 2026, making New Jersey the first state to ban landlords from using algorithmic revenue-management software that coordinates rent-setting using nonpublic competitor pricing and occupancy data. The law, effective July 20, 2027, prohibits residential landlords from using or paying for such software and from receiving pricing recommendations derived from competitors' nonpublic data. RealPage and similar tools are directly targeted.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
NJ FAIR Act algorithmic rent ban (2026)
NJ · Effective 2027-07-01 · N.J. A3497/S451 (222nd Legislature, 2026) — Assembly vote June 30, 2026; Senate vote June 18, 2026; awaiting governor's signature
The New Jersey FAIR Act (A3497/S451) would prohibit landlords and property managers from using algorithmic rent-pricing software — programs that set or recommend rents using pooled non-public competitor data, such as RealPage — to inflate apartment rents. The Assembly cleared it June 30, 2026; the Senate cleared it June 18, 2026. Governor Sherrill pledged in March 2026 to sign it. If signed, New Jersey would join the wave of algorithmic rent ban jurisdictions (Seattle, San Diego, Minneapolis, Connecticut).
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In effect
NJ N.J.A.C. 13:16 (bias law covers AI hiring tools)
New Jersey · Effective 2025-12-15 · N.J.A.C. 13:16 (R.2025 d.150); N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq.
New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights adopted rules confirming that the state's Law Against Discrimination reaches automated employment decision tools, including AI, that automate, aid, or replace human employment decision-making. The rules define such tools broadly and give concrete examples of how they can produce a disparate impact on applicants and employees in protected classes. Employers remain responsible even for vendor-supplied tools.
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In effect
NJ Deceptive AI Deepfakes Act
New Jersey · Effective 2025-04-02 · P.L.2025, c.40 (N.J. A3540/S2544)
New Jersey's omnibus deepfake law establishes criminal and civil penalties for producing or distributing deceptive AI audio/video used to facilitate crimes — including sexual exploitation of minors, harassment, extortion, and election interference. Violations are a third-degree crime carrying up to five years and fines up to $30,000, and victims can sue.
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In effect
NJ DOI AI Bulletin
NJ · Effective 2025-02-11 · New Jersey DOBI Insurance Bulletin 25-03 (2025-02-11)
The NJ Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in NJ must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
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In effect
New Jersey Data Protection Act
New Jersey · Effective 2025-01-15 · P.L.2024, c.9 (N.J. SB 332)
New Jersey's comprehensive privacy law grants residents rights to access, correct, delete, and port personal data and to opt out of data sales and targeted advertising. Controllers must get opt-in consent for sensitive data (health, biometric, precise location) and honor universal opt-out signals since July 2025.
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In effect
NJ AG Platkin / DCR
NJ · Effective 2025-01-09 · NJ AG Platkin / DCR — Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the NJLAD (2025-01-09)
13-page guidance affirming NJLAD applies to ADS-driven discrimination in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations. Launches Civil Rights and Technology Initiative and Civil Rights Innovation Lab.
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In effect
Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the New Jersey La
New Jersey · Effective 2025-01-09 · Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
AG Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying that the NJ Law Against Discrimination applies to algorithmic discrimination from AI and automated decision tools, so covered entities can be liable for disparate treatment or disparate impact even without intent.
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In effect
NJ TRANSIT AI Video-Analytics Grade-Crossing Safety System (
New Jersey Transit (NJ TRANSIT) · Effective 2024-04-01 · NJ TRANSIT AI Video-Analytics Grade-Crossing Safety System (federal grant with Rutgers CAIT)
NJ TRANSIT received a $1.6M USDOT grant to develop, with Rutgers CAIT, a deep-learning video-analytics system that monitors light-rail grade crossings to detect safety events and trespassers.
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In effect
NJ Supreme Court GenAI Notice
NJ · Effective 2024-01-25 · NJ Supreme Court Notice (Jan. 25, 2024)
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a binding notice requiring lawyers using generative AI to comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct, including verifying citations, protecting client confidentiality, and supervising AI output. Sanctions follow citation hallucination.
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In effect
Policy on Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intellige
New Jersey · Effective 2023-11-17 · Policy on Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by State Employees
New Jersey's policy directs state employees using generative AI to disclose and label AI use, independently fact-check outputs, and refrain from entering confidential or personally identifiable information into AI tools.
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In effect
NJ EO 346 (AI Task Force)
NJ · Effective 2023-10-10 · N.J. Exec. Order No. 346 (Oct. 10, 2023)
Governor Murphy's EO 346 created New Jersey's AI Task Force to study societal impacts of AI and recommend ethical-use policies for state government. It directs state agencies to inventory their AI use and coordinate with the Task Force on guidance.
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In effect
NJ Bot Disclosure Act (bots must identify themselves)
New Jersey · Effective 2020-07-19 · N.J.S.A. 56:18-1 et seq.; P.L. 2019, c.486
New Jersey makes it unlawful to use an online bot to communicate or interact with a person in the state in order to deceive them about the bot's artificial identity, when the goal is to sell or advertise merchandise or real estate, or to solicit support for a candidate, party, or ballot question in an election. The use of the bot is allowed if it is clearly and conspicuously disclosed up front. The Attorney General enforces the law and can pursue civil penalties.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
S731/A796 — Data center ratepayer protection and grid-demand
New Jersey · NJ S731/A796 (Data Center Fair Share Act), signed by Governor Sherrill July 7, 2026
New Jersey Governor Sherrill signed S731/A796 — the Data Center Fair Share Act — into law on July 7, 2026. The law requires large data centers (those with 100 megawatts or more of contracted electricity) to pay for the full amount of electricity they contract for, and to reduce or shift energy use during peak grid stress events. The law is designed to prevent large data centers from reserving grid capacity that ordinary ratepayers then subsidize.
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Expired
Newark Liberty Facial Recognition eGates for TSA Screening
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Newark Liberty International Airport) · Newark Liberty Facial Recognition eGates for TSA Screening
The Port Authority of NY & NJ deployed facial-recognition eGates at Newark Liberty that let enrolled travelers pass TSA checkpoints by matching a live facial scan against their identity document instead of a manual ID check.
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Expired
Newark Biometric Self-Boarding E-Gate Pilot (with IDEMIA/Luf
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal B) · Newark Biometric Self-Boarding E-Gate Pilot (with IDEMIA/Lufthansa/CBP)
The Port Authority piloted a biometric self-boarding e-gate at Newark Gate 62 that captured passengers' faces and verified them against CBP's passport database to board without documents, with scans deleted within 12 hours.
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Proposed / pending
NJ Kids Code Act A4015 (2026)
NJ · N.J. A4015/S3413 (222nd Legislature, 2026) — cleared both chambers June 30, 2026; enrolled to governor
New Jersey A4015/S3413, the NJ Kids Code Act, is an Age-Appropriate Design Code bill modeled on the UK ICO Children's Code and California AB 2273 (CAADCA). It requires online platforms and services likely to be accessed by children under 18 to conduct data protection impact assessments, default privacy settings to the highest protective level for minor users, prohibit profiling children for commercial purposes without parental consent, and restrict design features that extend children's engagement. The Assembly cleared it 73-5-0; the Senate cleared it; enrolled to Governor Sherrill as of July 1, 2026. Governor Sherrill has not yet signed.
County and city AI rules in New Jersey (10)
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In effect
Madison NJ Ordinance 27-2026 (Data Center Ban)
Madison, NJ · Effective 2026-06-16 · Borough of Madison, N.J., Ordinance No. 27-2026 (adopted June 16, 2026)
The Borough of Madison, New Jersey's Common Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 27-2026 on June 16, 2026, amending Chapter 195 of the borough's land development code to prohibit data centers as a use within the borough. Madison operates its own municipal electric utility and cited energy, water, and infrastructure concerns. The borough is the latest in a growing wave of New Jersey municipalities to permanently ban data center facilities.
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In effect
Millville NJ Data Center Ban (May 19, 2026)
Millville, NJ · Effective 2026-05-19 · City of Millville, N.J., Chapter 30 Land Use and Development Amendment (adopted May 19, 2026)
Millville, New Jersey's City Commissioners voted on May 19, 2026 to ban data centers citywide by amending Chapter 30 (Land Use and Development) to categorically prohibit facilities used to house computer systems, cloud services, AI/machine-learning workloads, and blockchain/crypto mining. The ban blocked what would have been the largest data center facility ever proposed in New Jersey — a 2.6-million-square-foot facility that would have drawn 1.4 gigawatts from the grid and billions of gallons of water annually for cooling.
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In effect
Newark Police FR Prohibition
Newark, NJ · Effective 2020-01-27 · NJ AG informal email moratorium (January 27, 2020); no formal directive number issued; no documented Newark PD formal adopting policy
New Jersey Attorney General directive (followed by Newark PD) bars all New Jersey law-enforcement agencies — including Newark — from using Clearview AI facial recognition.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Berkeley Heights NJ data center ban (2026)
Berkeley Heights, NJ · Berkeley Heights Township, N.J. Ordinance 2026-13 (adopted 2026-07-21)
The Township Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2026-13, which designates data centers as a prohibited use in every zoning district townwide. The council closed a public hearing that drew more than a dozen speakers before the final roll-call vote. Debate followed weeks of resident concern after rumblings of developer interest in the former Nokia property, though no specific data-center redevelopment application at that site was reported.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Hardyston NJ data center ban (2026)
Hardyston Township, NJ · Hardyston Township, N.J. Ordinance 2026-12 (adopted 2026-06-24)
The Township Council unanimously passed Ordinance 2026-12, banning data centers from being built anywhere in Hardyston Township, in every zoning district. Officials noted no developer had actually proposed a data center in the township — this is a proactive, preemptive ban.
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In effect
Watchung Hills NJ AI policy 2365 (2026)
Watchung Hills Regional High School District, NJ · Effective 2026-07-14 · Watchung Hills Regional BOE Policy 2365 (adopted 2026-07-14)
Policy 2365 permits but does not mandate generative AI use, leaving per-assignment discretion to the teacher, who must state the permitted level using a three-tier AI Use Scale: Level 0 Red (no AI, individual effort only), Level 1 Yellow (AI-assisted brainstorming, outlining, grammar, clarity, tone and formatting) and Level 2 Green (co-creation with human oversight and demonstrated comprehension). Students must disclose and cite AI use under uniform district citation standards, including the prompt used or a link to the chat transcript where feasible. The policy prohibits submitting fully AI-generated work as one's own, generating deceptive content or imagery, harassment or misrepresentation via AI, and entering personally identifiable information — names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial data, IEPs, photos or video — into public AI models.
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In effect
Summit NJ AI Data Center Ban (proposed)
Summit, NJ · Effective 2026-07-06 · City of Summit, N.J., Ordinance 26-3390 amending Code Ch. 35 'Prohibited Uses' (adopted June 16, 2026)
Summit, New Jersey's Common Council adopted Ordinance 26-3390 on June 16, 2026, categorically banning large AI data center facilities — those with 20 megawatts or more of peak power — as a prohibited land use in every zone of the city. The ban amends Chapter 35 of the city code and is one of the first U.S. examples of a permanent (non-moratorium) categorical zoning prohibition on AI data centers. Some residents and one council member argued the 20 MW threshold is too lax; the council directed staff to prepare a revised version (potentially without the threshold) for introduction July 7, 2026.
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In effect
Hoboken Algorithmic Rent-Fixing Ban
Hoboken, NJ · Effective 2025-07-09 · Hoboken City Council ordinance banning algorithmic rent-fixing, adopted July 9, 2025
Hoboken, NJ banned landlords from using algorithmic rent-fixing software. The ordinance passed unanimously (8-0) on July 9, 2025 and took effect immediately. It defines 'price fixing using algorithmic pricing' as the use of software or algorithms that collect nonpublic competitor data to coordinate rental pricing across multiple properties. Violations carry fines up to $20,000 per offense, up to 90 days imprisonment, or up to 90 days of community service. All residential rental properties are covered, excluding medical/long-term care and detention facilities.
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In effect
Ordinance banning algorithmic rent-setting software
Jersey City, NJ · Effective 2025-05-14 · Ordinance banning algorithmic rent-setting software
Jersey City passed a ban on algorithmic rent-setting software in May 2025 after statewide New Jersey efforts stalled, prohibiting landlords from using coordinated pricing algorithms.
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In effect
Princeton NJ Public Schools
Princeton, NJ · Effective 2024-10-22 · Princeton NJ Public Schools — AI Use Guidelines (2024-10-22)
District guidelines: vetted enterprise AI list, prohibition on student AI chatbot use grades K-5, AI disclosure expectation on graded work, ban on AI as sole basis for academic placement decisions.
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