A 2265 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.

This bill revises New Jersey's Money Transmitters Act to strengthen consumer protections and increase regulatory oversight for money transmission businesses. It requires licensees to maintain records for five years (up from three), file quarterly reports (in addition to annual reports), and prominently display licenses at business locations. The bill also increases penalties for non-compliance to $200 per day and raises the crime level for operating without a license from a third to second degree offense. Additionally, it mandates that licensees provide FinCEN registration details annually, requires authorized delegates to display clear identification notices, and expands public access to licensee and delegate information through a department website. The changes directly affect money transmitters and their authorized delegates operating in New Jersey.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action May 6, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Apr 15, 2024

How they voted

4924
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 80
Apr 15, 2024
D Democratic52
48 Yea 4
92% Yea
R Republican28
1 Yea 24 Nay 3
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 6, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (49-24-0)
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors