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Committee amends, releases bill to extend child-labor protections to minors working as vloggers
Summary
Assembly Bill 4302, amended by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, would treat some minor content creators under child-labor protections similar to child actors and require recordkeeping where a minor’s participation exceeds a 30% time threshold; the committee released the amended bill after debate and two abstentions.
The New Jersey General Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee amended and released Assembly Bill 4302, which would amend state child-labor law to protect minors who work as vloggers or produce online video content in certain circumstances. Committee members debated how to measure and document a minor’s participation in content and whether the recordkeeping requirements could discourage creators.
Assemblywoman Simmons, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure “establishes a separate category with an existing statute to protect children who are…
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