[STATE] New Jersey [BILL] NJ SB 3143 [DISPOSITION] Pending [BILL SUMMARY] 
Companion bill to NJ AB 4396 Requires that a person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been sexually abused to immediately report that abuse to law enforcement officials. Provides that a person's failure to report an act of sexual abuse or any sexual offense against a child and who has reasonable cause to believe that an act of sexual abuse or the sexual offense has been committed is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.