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Committee amends, releases bill creating separate crimes for computer-generated child abuse material
Summary
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee amended and unanimously released Assembly Bill 5004 to create separate crimes for child sexual abuse or exploitation material, including computer-generated or manipulated explicit images.
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee amended and released Assembly Bill 5004, which creates separate criminal offenses for material depicting sexual exploitation or abuse of children and addresses computer-generated or manipulated explicit images.
Committee staff summarized the amendments, which replace prior terminology with "child sexual abuse or exploitation material," update mandatory sections to reflect changes made in PL 2024, chapters 83 and 92, add a section amending NJSA 2C:21-17.9 to add a cross-reference to child sexual abuse and exploitation materials, set the bill’s effective date to 30 days after enactment rather than immediate effect, and make technical corrections.
No witnesses registered to testify on the bill. The committee moved, seconded and took a roll call on the motion to amend and release the bill. The roll call recorded yes votes from all members present: Assemblywoman McGuckin — yes; Assemblywoman Meyer — yes; Assemblyman Miller — yes; Assemblywoman Simmons — yes; Assemblywoman Maranco — yes; Assemblywoman Swain — yes; Chairman Tully — yes. The motion passed and the amended bill was released.
Next steps: the bill was released for further legislative processing. The committee did not discuss fiscal implications during the hearing and offered no implementation timeline beyond the statutory 30-day effective-date provision included in the amendment.
