A 3881 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires State Police to establish online portal allowing persons to obtain status of expungement orders.**

This bill requires the New Jersey State Police to verify whether a person has an unprocessed expungement order before releasing their criminal history background check. If an expungement order exists but hasn't been reflected in the system, the State Bureau of Identification must update the record to show the expungement prior to dissemination. This ensures individuals with court-ordered expungements are not incorrectly listed as having criminal records. The bill directly affects people seeking background checks for employment, licensing, or volunteer opportunities who have had expungement orders granted but not yet processed by the State Police.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Oct 2024
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 27, 2024 Signed Mar 31, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jan 14, 2025 · General Assembly Sep 26, 2024

How they voted

350
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 39
Jan 14, 2025
D Democratic24
20 Yea 4
83% Yea
R Republican15
15 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.38.
executive
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-0)
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (35-0)
upper
Oct 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Sep 30, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
Sep 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
4 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors