S 3186 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires public safety answering points to establish process to accept alarm scores reported by alarm monitoring centers and provide scores to law enforcement.

This bill requires New Jersey public safety answering points (9-1-1 call centers) to create a process for receiving "alarm scores" from alarm monitoring centers. These scores, based on standardized grading of intrusion alarms (like break-ins), indicate how likely an alarm activation is to be a real emergency. The answering points must then share these scores with law enforcement to help prioritize which incidents require immediate response. The bill directly affects 9-1-1 centers, alarm monitoring companies, and law enforcement dispatchers by changing how alarm-related emergencies are handled. It does not change the underlying alarm systems or response requirements for citizens.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
1
Key actions
0
Committee
0
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Nick Scutari
Nick Scutari
DDemocratic
NJ
22