New JerseyNew Jersey agencies would hide handwritten signatures in website documents
New Jersey’s executive branch agencies would hide handwritten signatures in website documents and archive older documents showing them, while preserving access through public records requests.
What it does
State agencies would hide handwritten signatures in website documents and archive older documents showing them. Agencies could repost those records with signatures hidden; public records requests would remain available.
Argument forHiding handwritten signatures could help protect people from having their signatures copied and misused by anyone browsing state agency websites.
Argument againstArchiving older documents could reduce easy online access, leaving readers to request copies if agencies do not hide signatures and repost them.
More detail
Covered state agencies would hide handwritten signatures before posting documents and archive older online documents that display them. The requirement would cover New Jersey’s executive branch departments and the boards, offices, and other bodies within them. Agencies could repost archived documents if they hide the handwritten signatures. Archiving would not limit access under New Jersey’s public records law, which lets people request government records. If enacted, the bill would take effect immediately. Agencies would hide signatures in documents posted on or after that date and archive documents posted before that date that show handwritten signatures.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 10Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government CommitteeIntroduced
Government & EthicsAI & Privacy