LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
SENATE, No. 3300
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
DATED: FEBRUARY 7, 2023
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services
to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Type of Impact: Potential annual State expenditure increase.
Agencies Affected: Department of Law and Public Safety.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Fiscal Impact Annual
Potential State Cost Increase Indeterminate
 The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that this legislation should not result in an
increase in State expenditures as the bill requires the Attorney General to utilize the existing
resources of the Department of Law and Public Safety to perform outreach in the community,
deliver services to victims of human trafficking, award grants through a pilot program, and
evaluate the benefits of the pilot program. Absent information from the Department of Law
and Public Safety, however, the OLS cannot anticipate the resources the department would
allocate or to what extent it may provide grants through a pilot program.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill requires the Attorney General to utilize the existing resources of the Department of
Law and Public Safety to perform outreach in the community and deliver services to victims of
human trafficking in conjunction with other governmental entities.
In addition, the bill authorizes the Attorney General to establish, within the limits of available
funds, a pilot program to award grants to service providers to perform outreach and deliver services
to victims of human trafficking in urban municipalities with the highest crime index in this State
and in municipalities located near major maritime transportation hubs.
The bill provides that upon completion, any pilot program is to be evaluated to determine the
effectiveness of the pilot program, with a recommendation as to whether the pilot program should
be continued, expanded, or made permanent.
Office of Legislative Services Legislative Budget and Finance Office
State House Annex Phone (609) 847-3105
P.O. Box 068 Fax (609) 777-2442
Trenton, New Jersey 08625 www.njleg.state.nj.us
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that this legislation should not result in an increase in State expenditures
as the bill requires the Attorney General to utilize the existing resources of the Department of Law
and Public Safety to perform outreach in the community, deliver services to victims of human
trafficking, award grants through a pilot program, and evaluate the benefits of the pilot program.
The OLS notes that the existing State of New Jersey Human Trafficking Task Force, affiliated
with the Attorney General and the Division of Criminal Justice, may meet the requirements of the
bill. The current goals of the Human Trafficking Task Force are to: 1) train and assist law
enforcement in methods of identifying victims and signs of trafficking in order to disrupt and
interdict this activity; 2) coordinate Statewide efforts in the identification and provision of services
to victims of human trafficking; and 3) increase the successful interdiction and prosecution of
trafficking of human persons.
The bill requires the department to perform outreach in the community and deliver services to
victims of human trafficking in conjunction with other governmental entities, such as the Victims
of Crime Compensation Office, and other victims’ rights organizations, examples of which include
the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, the Covenant House of New Jersey in
Newark, Catholic Charities, Center for Family Services, Inc., Sanar Wellness Institute, and Polaris.
Absent information from the Department of Law and Public Safety, however, the OLS cannot
anticipate the resources the department would allocate or to what extent it may provide grants
through a pilot program.
Human Trafficking Background - Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal industry
in the world and is prevalent in every state in the United States. New Jersey is considered
particularly vulnerable to the proliferation of human trafficking due to its dense population and
location along the I-95 corridor. In 2020 alone, there were 146 reported cases to the National
Human Trafficking Hotline in New Jersey. These numbers only reflect cases identified through
the hotline and do not include cases identified by hospitals, law enforcement, social service
agencies, and others who help survivors directly without reporting.
During a 2022 Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee meeting, a
representative from the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence indicated that women are
the most likely to be sex trafficked, accounting for 94 percent of cases. Of those cases, 40 percent
were Black, and 24 percent were Latina. During the same meeting, a representative from the
Department of Law and Public Safety who works with a human trafficking task force out of the
State Attorney General’s Office indicated that roughly 100 human trafficking cases had been
prosecuted in New Jersey from 2017-2022.
Section: Law and Public Safety
Analyst: Kristin Brunner Santos
Lead Fiscal Analyst
Approved: Thomas Koenig
Legislative Budget and Finance Officer
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This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the
failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).