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AI Laws in Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey
As of 2026-07-26, AI Laws USA tracks 29 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey: 10+ federal protections, 18 New Jersey state-level rules, and 1 local Jersey City, NJ ordinance. Coverage is strongest on automated decision-making, consumer protection, government use of AI, and AI disclosure and transparency. 12 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Jersey City, NJ local AI rules
1 local AI rule specific to Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey.
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In effect Limited protection
Ordinance banning algorithmic rent-setting software
Jersey City, NJ · Effective 2025-05-14 · Ordinance banning algorithmic rent-setting software
Jersey City passed a ban on algorithmic rent-setting software in May 2025 after statewide New Jersey efforts stalled, prohibiting landlords from using coordinated pricing algorithms.
New Jersey-level AI rules most relevant to Jersey City, NJ
18 New Jersey state rules apply to residents and businesses in Jersey City, NJ. Showing the 8 most relevant to Jersey City, NJ's local picture; 10 more are on the New Jersey jurisdiction page.
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Proposed / pending Limited protection
Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act (A34
New Jersey · Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act (A3497/S2624)
The New Jersey Legislature sent the FAIR Act to the governor, which would ban landlords from using algorithmic software that coordinates rent-setting from nonpublic competitor data.
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Proposed / pending Proposed or pending
NJ Fair Pricing and Transparency Act S3952 (2026)
NJ · N.J. S3952 / A3929 (222nd Legislature, 2026) — cleared both chambers June 30, 2026; enrolled to governor
New Jersey S3952/A3929, the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act, cleared the Senate 22-14 and Assembly 51-20-1 on June 30, 2026 and is enrolled to Governor Sherrill awaiting her signature. It would prohibit retail food stores from using surveillance-based pricing — setting individualized prices based on a customer's personal data, purchasing history, or other tracked attributes. The bill also imposes a one-year moratorium on electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to prevent rollout of technology enabling real-time personalized pricing. If signed, it would take effect one year after signing and make New Jersey the third state to restrict surveillance pricing in grocery stores, following Maryland and Connecticut.
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In effect Limited protection
NJ Supreme Court GenAI Notice
NJ · Effective 2024-01-25 · NJ Supreme Court Notice (Jan. 25, 2024)
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a binding notice requiring lawyers using generative AI to comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct, including verifying citations, protecting client confidentiality, and supervising AI output. Sanctions follow citation hallucination.
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Proposed / pending Proposed or pending
NJ Kids Code Act A4015 (2026)
NJ · N.J. A4015/S3413 (222nd Legislature, 2026) — cleared both chambers June 30, 2026; enrolled to governor
New Jersey A4015/S3413, the NJ Kids Code Act, is an Age-Appropriate Design Code bill modeled on the UK ICO Children's Code and California AB 2273 (CAADCA). It requires online platforms and services likely to be accessed by children under 18 to conduct data protection impact assessments, default privacy settings to the highest protective level for minor users, prohibit profiling children for commercial purposes without parental consent, and restrict design features that extend children's engagement. The Assembly cleared it 73-5-0; the Senate cleared it; enrolled to Governor Sherrill as of July 1, 2026. Governor Sherrill has not yet signed.
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In effect Limited protection
New Jersey Data Protection Act
New Jersey · Effective 2025-01-15 · P.L.2024, c.9 (N.J. SB 332)
New Jersey's comprehensive privacy law grants residents rights to access, correct, delete, and port personal data and to opt out of data sales and targeted advertising. Controllers must get opt-in consent for sensitive data (health, biometric, precise location) and honor universal opt-out signals since July 2025.
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In effect Limited protection
NJ AG Platkin / DCR
NJ · Effective 2025-01-09 · NJ AG Platkin / DCR — Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the NJLAD (2025-01-09)
13-page guidance affirming NJLAD applies to ADS-driven discrimination in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations. Launches Civil Rights and Technology Initiative and Civil Rights Innovation Lab.
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In effect Limited protection
NJ DOI AI Bulletin
NJ · Effective 2025-02-11 · New Jersey DOBI Insurance Bulletin 25-03 (2025-02-11)
The NJ Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in NJ must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
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In effect Limited protection
Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the New Jersey La
New Jersey · Effective 2025-01-09 · Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
AG Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying that the NJ Law Against Discrimination applies to algorithmic discrimination from AI and automated decision tools, so covered entities can be liable for disparate treatment or disparate impact even without intent.
Federal AI rules that apply in Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup ruled that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use. The piracy claims (LibGen ingestion) were not adjudicated to a final ruling — they proceeded toward settlement. In September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement, though Judge Alsup denied preliminary approval without prejudice pending additional information on the claims protocol and attorney fees.
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In effect Stronger protection
Benavides v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Benavides v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The jury awarded $243M ($129M compensatory + $200M punitive); in February 2026 the court denied Tesla's post-trial motions and upheld the verdict in full — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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Blocked / in litigation Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2025-04-16 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 16, 2025)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then permanently enjoined on April 16, 2025 when the district court granted summary judgment for NetChoice. The state appealed to the Sixth Circuit, which vacated the district court's injunction in 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is dispositive as a matter of statutory law. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00613 (D. Del. Feb. 11, 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. No jury trial occurred: a 2023 opinion had denied summary judgment and pointed toward trial, but the court invited renewed briefing and reversed course in the 2025 ruling.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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