S 488 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes new offenses concerning unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.

This bill creates new criminal penalties for illegally possessing or using credit card scanners. It makes it a disorderly persons offense (fines up to $1,000 or 6 months in jail) to possess such a device without a lawful purpose, and a second-degree crime (fines up to $150,000 or 5-10 years in prison) to use one for unlawful purposes. The law directly affects individuals who might attempt to steal credit card information through unauthorized scanner use. It defines a "credit card scanner" as any device that reads, records, or transmits card data, and takes effect 60 days after enactment.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jim Holzapfel
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