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Introduced Session

This bill requires New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers to take measures to help prevent card skimming. Under the bill, beginning on January 31, 2027, an authorized New Jersey SNAP retailer that accepts payments via SNAP electronic benefits transfer cards within its establishment is to equip each point of sale terminal within the establishment with features or technology to help prevent card skimming. The bill defines "card skimming" to mean the illegal installation of scanning devices on point of sale terminals to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card. Under the bill, the Department of Human Services is authorized to inspect authorized New Jersey SNAP retailers to ensure compliance with the provisions of this bill. The Commissioner of Human Services (commissioner) is authorized to assess an administrative penalty of not more than $1,000 for the first violation of a provision of this bill, $3,000 for the second violation, and $5,000 for each subsequent violation. The commissioner is authorized to exclude a retailer from participation in the SNAP program for four or more violations of a provision of this bill.

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Linda Carter (D)*,  Chigozie Onyema (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee (on 02/19/2026)

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