Requires hotels, motels, rooming, and boarding houses, and similar lodging businesses, to check valid government-issued identification at check-in.

This bill requires hotels, motels, rooming houses, and boarding houses in New Jersey to verify guests' identities by checking valid government-issued identification at check-in. The law mandates that staff physically check or scan identification cards, which can include driver's licenses, passports, or REAL IDs, and maintain a register recording guest names, addresses, arrival and departure dates, and room numbers for at least one year after departure. These provisions apply to all lodging businesses and aim to standardize identification verification practices across the state. The bill takes effect on the first day of the second month following its enactment.