Restores Department of Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch.
The bill title claims to restore the Department of Public Advocate, but the provided text describes a juvenile records disclosure law (amending P.L.1982, c.79), not the Public Advocate department. The text focuses on restricting public access to juvenile court records, specifying who may view such information (e.g., courts, law enforcement, schools under limited conditions, victims' advocates). It does not address the Department of Public Advocate or its restoration. Due to a clear inconsistency between the title and the actual bill content provided, a factual summary cannot be generated from this context.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Brennan
DDemocratic
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