New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session

New Jersey Senate Bill S2137 Compare Versions

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1	1	SENATE, No. 2137 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
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17	17	Sponsored by: Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN District 20 (Union) Senator VIN GOPAL District 11 (Monmouth) Co-Sponsored by: Senators Singleton, Turner, Pou and Ruiz SYNOPSIS Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
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23	23	Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
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47	47	Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
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53	53	Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
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57	57	An Act concerning the Civil Service Examination for law enforcement officers and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. The Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the appropriate testing professional, shall include on the Civil Service Examination for entry-level law enforcement officers questions designed to identify implicit bias, including racial bias. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment, but the Civil Service Commission may take any anticipatory administrative action necessary to implement the provisions of this act. STATEMENT This bill requires the State Civil Service Commission to include on the Civil Service entry-level law enforcement examination questions designed to identify implicit bias, including racial bias, in candidates applying for appointment to law enforcement officer positions. The test is required for applicants for municipal and county police officers, adult and juvenile correctional police officers, sheriff's officers, and other law enforcement officer positions. Implicit bias refers to unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions and may cause feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and appearance.
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59	59	An Act concerning the Civil Service Examination for law enforcement officers and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.
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63	63	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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67	67	1. The Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the appropriate testing professional, shall include on the Civil Service Examination for entry-level law enforcement officers questions designed to identify implicit bias, including racial bias.
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71	71	2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment, but the Civil Service Commission may take any anticipatory administrative action necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
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81	81	This bill requires the State Civil Service Commission to include on the Civil Service entry-level law enforcement examination questions designed to identify implicit bias, including racial bias, in candidates applying for appointment to law enforcement officer positions. The test is required for applicants for municipal and county police officers, adult and juvenile correctional police officers, sheriff's officers, and other law enforcement officer positions.
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83	83	Implicit bias refers to unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions and may cause feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, and appearance.