Concerns certain emergency operations plans required to be submitted to law enforcement agencies.
New Jersey bill S 3179 requires sports/entertainment facilities (over 5,000 seats), movie theaters (over 1,000 seats), and places of worship (now over 300 seats, down from 500) to submit annual electronic emergency plans to local law enforcement. The plans must include specific "emergency mapping data" like digital floor plans, aerial images, hazard locations, and access routes, formatted for public safety software systems. This replaces current requirements to submit paper copies of building layouts and explicitly excludes these plans from public record laws. The bill aims to improve law enforcement preparedness for mass casualty incidents at these venues by standardizing accessible emergency information.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Nov 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2024
Signed into Law
Jan 2025
Introduced May 9, 2024
Signed Jan 30, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 28, 2024 · General Assembly Dec 19, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jun 28, 2024
D
Democratic25
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jan 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.6.
executive
Dec 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-1-0)
lower
Nov 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 28, 2024
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
lower
Jun 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-0)
upper
Jun 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
3 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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