ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT
AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 2115
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 21, 2024
The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities
Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments
Assembly Bill No. 2115.
As amended and reported, this bill requires public transportation
employees to complete a training course on how to handle and respond
to suspected human trafficking.
Under the bill, the New Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation),
in consultation with the Commission on Human Trafficking
(commission), is required to develop and provide a one-time training
course for public transportation employees on how to handle and
respond to suspected human trafficking activities. Alternatively, the
corporation, in consultation with the commission, is required to
approve a substantially similar one-time training course provided by a
recognized nonprofit association with demonstrated experience in
providing course offerings to public transportation employees. The
corporation, in consultation with the commission and the approved
nonprofit course provider, if any, is required to establish which
employees are required to attend the one-time training course as a
condition of their employment, review the training course at least once
every two years, and modify the training course as needed.
Under the bill, the corporation is responsible for ensuring that all
required employees attend the one-time training course as specified
within the bill. Additionally, the corporation is required to make the
training materials for the one-time training course available to public
transportation employees.
The bill also provides that any human trafficking training courses
are required to include, at a minimum, a demonstration of and
information regarding known signs and signals that may be used or
communicated by victims of human trafficking seeking assistance or
may be observed by individuals in public spaces.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) clarify that any human trafficking training course is required to
be reviewed at least once every two years; and
(2) make a grammatical correction.