Bill > S2841

Introduced Session

This bill prohibits a residential landlord or third-party screening vendor, as defined in the bill, from requiring or requesting that an applicant or prospective tenant submit or show photo identification as part of their application for the rental unit, or conditioning approval of a prospective tenant's application for the rental unit on the submission or provision of photo identification. A violation of the bill is to: (1) constitute an unlawful practice pursuant to the New Jersey consumer fraud act, P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) (CFA); (2) subject a landlord or third-party screening vendor to all applicable penalties prescribed pursuant to the CFA; and (3) subject a landlord or third-party screening vendor to a penalty of $1,000 for each offense by the landlord or third-party screening vendor, in a separate cause of action brought at the discretion of the applicant or prospective tenant, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees or expenses. The bill is to take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment, and apply to oral or written representations made by a landlord or third-party screening vendor to an applicant or prospective tenant, applications offered by a landlord or third-party screening vendor to an applicant or prospective tenant, or submitted applications by an applicant or prospective tenant to a landlord or third-party screening vendor, commencing on or after the effective date of the bill.

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Angela Mcknight (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 03/04/2024)

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