Law & Legislation

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Bills Introduced

The State of New Jersey
212th Legislature

2006 - 2007

A131: Merkt (R25); Munoz (R21); DeCroce (R26)
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.

A132: Merkt (R25); Connors, C. (R9); Greenstein (D14)
S909: Bucco (R25)
Clarfies certain provisions in the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights.

A139: Vandervalk (R39)
Creates a civil rape shield law.

A193: Gregg (R24)
S2073: Kean, T. (R21)
"The 10-20-Life Law."

A219: Gregg (R24); Conaway (D7)
Establishes sexual penetration or sexual contact with an animal as a crime and a civil offense under the State animal cruelty laws.

A434: Mayer (D4); Voss (D38); Biondi (R16)
S1194: Madden (D4); Karcher (D12)
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

A440: Mayer (D4)
Prohibits sex offenders from using or possessing erectile dysfunction drugs; prohibits provision or sale of erectile dysfunction drugs to sex offenders.

A457: Green (D22)
Adds the fact that the crime was committed against a child under the age of 16 as an aggravating factor in sentencing.

A516: Bateman (R16); Chivukula (D17)
Permits victim to petition the court to require defendant to be present during certain phases of criminal proceeding.

A584: Kean, S. (R11)
S1684: Littell (R24)
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

A639: Rumpf (R9); Connors, C. (R9); Barnes (D18)
S144: Connors, L. (R9); Asselta (R1)
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.

A644: Rumpf (R9); Connors, C. (R9)
S248: Palaia (R11)
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute.

A646: Rumpf (R9); Connors, C. (R9); Johnson (D37)
S157: Connors, L. (R9); Asselta (R1)
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.

A671: Connors, C. (R9); Rumpf (R9)
S1409: Connors, L. (R9)
Establishes "Internet Predator Investigation and Prosecution Fund" with $200 assessment on persons convicted of certain offenses.

A715: Baroni (R14); Kean, S. (R11)
S736: Inverso (R14)
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault.

A744: Blee (R2); Johnson (D37)
S993: Brono (D18); Bucco (R25)
Includes electronic communication in definition of public school "harassment, intimidation or bullying."

A766: Caraballo (D29); Wisniewski (D19)
Requires registration for sex offense convictions in certain foreign countries.

A784: Caraballo (D29)
Modifies elements of the crime of stalking.

A789: Caraballo (D29)
Permits sentencing as repeat sex offender if adult defendant had been previously adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile for a sex offense.

A816: Payne (D29)
S1505: Turner (D15)
Upgrades falsely incriminating another and fictitious reporting of an offense under certain circumstance.

A960: Munoz (R21); Voss (D38)
S1204: Allen (R7)
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.

A987: Stender (D22); Chivukula (D17)
Requires the "Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing" to examine activities which victimize persons, particularly women and children, and are not codified in the Code of Criminal Justice and recommend appropriate legislation for establishing such crimes.

A992: Stender (D22); Cohen D20); Green (D22)
S1195: Madden (D4); Vitale (D19)
Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral or religious reasons.

A1087: Thompson (R13)
Requires interactive computer services to disable access to images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act.

A1163: Corodemus (R11)
Eliminates statute of limitations on prosecution of certain sexual offenses.

A1164: Corodemus (R11)
Eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases involving certain sexual offense.

A1312: Biondi (R16); Bateman (R16); Diegnan (D18)
S1485: Asselta (R1)
Establishes the offense of incest.

A1472: O'Toole (R40)
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.

A1512: Oliver (D34); Manzo (D31)
Establishes the "Workplace Violence Safety Act."

A1554: Wolfe (R10); Holzapfel (R10)
Creates new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families; establishes Sexual Offender Victim Counseling Fund.

A1595: Holapfel (R10); Connors, C. (R9)
S2050: Inverso (R14)
Abolishes the Victims of Crime Compensation Board and creates in its stead an Office of Victims' Services in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety.

A1596: Holzapfel (R10); Barnes (D18)
Requires criminal history background check for owners and employees of traveling sales crews.

A1702: Fisher (D3)
S1014: Sweeney (D3)
Requires Attorney General to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators.

A1709: Fisher (D3)
S78: Kean, T. (R21); Sweeney (D3)
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.

A1716: Fisher (D3); McHose (R24)
S484: Sweeney (D3); Madden (D4)
Makes permanent sex offender monitoring pilot program.

A1731: Johnson (D37)
S1514: Turner (D15)
Clarifies duty of the AG to defend certain State employees in cases of sexual harassment.

A1737: Johnson (D37); Gordon (D38)
S218: Karcher (D12); Weinberg (D37)
Revises and updates statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.

A1794: Pou (D35); Diegnan (D18); Vainier Huttle (D37)
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

A1802: Pou (D35); Johnson (D37)
S1096: Codey (D27)
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply; repeals section 2 of P.L. 1999, c. 47.

A1817: Greenstein (D14); Diegnan (D18); Gusciora (D15)
Clarifies certain provisions in the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."

A1818: Greenstein (D14)
Creates the victim-juvenile offender mediation program.

A1834: Greenstein (D14); Diegnan (D18); Van Drew (D1)
Increases VCCB assessments.

A1838: Greenstein (D14); Gusciora (D15)
S1436: Turner (D15)
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for sexual assault upon a minor.

A1845: Caraballo (D29); Johnson (D37)
S694: Weinberg (D37); Allen (R7)
Extends victim counselor's privilege to include statements made during certain interviews of victim.

A1977: Cryan (D20)
Requires disclosure of juvenile sex offenses in criminal background checks.

A2008: Voss (D38)
Permits a child who moves out of a school district due to a family crisis to remain enrolled in that district until the end of the school year.

A2092: Van Drew (D1)
Establishes incest as a crime of the third degree.

A2099: Chivukula (D17); Greenstein (D14); Prieto (D32)
S1050: Rice (D28); Bucco (R25)
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.

A2137: Stender (D22); Cohen (D20)
Allows pharmacists to prescribe emergency contraceptives subject to certain conditions.

A2141: Greenstein (D14)
Provides that records of convictions for carjacking, promoting prostitution of a child and certain child endangerment crimes shall not be expunged.

A2142: Greenstein (D14)
S82: Scutari (D22)
Provides for closed circuit television testimony under certain circumstances.

A2161: Burzichelli (D3)
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.

A2189: Gusciora (D15)
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.

A2193: Albano (D1); Van Drew (D1)
Makes certain repeat offenders ineligible for parole.

A2199: Greenstein (D14); Cohen (D20)
S806: Vitale (D19); Gormley (R2)
Eliminates statute of limitations for kidnapping and increases statute of limitations for other serious crimes to 10 years.

A2249: Payne (D29); Manzo (D31); Whelan (D2)
S1248: Vitale (D19); Madden (D4); Payne (D29)
Allows release of sex offender information to DYFS.

A2254: Payne (D29)
S1279: Turner (D15)
Clarifies that statute making "good behavior" credits at ADTC contingent upon participation in treatment program applies to all inmates.

A2322: Barnes (D18); Johnson (D37); Steele (D35)
Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.

A2325: McKeon (D27)
S2121: Vitale (D19); Sweeney (D3)
Regulates teen nights by requiring security provided by police officers, prohibiting persons under age 15 from attending, and disqualifying registered sex offenders from employment.

A2380: Rumpf (R9); Munoz (R21); Connors, C. (R9)
S716: Inverso (R14); Allen (R7); Karcher (D12)
S832: Karcher (D12); Buono (D18)
Upgrades penalty for failure to register as sex offender; imposes penalty for failure to verify address and requires verification prior to release.

A2491: Munoz (R21); Vas (D19)
S639: Girgenti (D35); Bucco (R25)
Bars sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.

A2555: Vainieri Huttle (D37); Johnson (D37)
S809: Vitale (D19); Rice (D28)
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers.

A2574: Albano (D1); Van Drew (D1)
Makes No Early Release Act applicable to persons convicted of child pornography crimes.

A2650: Johnson (D37); Barnes (D18)
S323: Madden (D4); Buono (D18)
Requires mandatory sexual violence training for law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial personnel.

A2698: Cohen (D20)
Permits certain minors to consent to forensic care or treatment.

A2868: Cohen (D20); Stender (D22); Voss (D38)
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.

A2909: Albano (D1); Van Drew (D1); Voss (D38)
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.

A2938: Greenwald (D6); Cruz-Perez (D5); Watson Coleman (D15)
S2016: Turner (D15)
Prohibits the use or possession of cellular picture phones to invade another person's privacy and prohibits camera schools.

A3138: Vas (D19)
Bars high-risk and moderate-risk sex offenders from residing within 2,500 feet of a school, child care center or playground.

A3271: Kean, S. (R11)
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.

A3298: Kean, S. (R11)
S247: Palaia (R11)
Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel.

A3378: Albano (D1); Van Drew (D1); Johnson (D37)
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.

AJR 114: Pennacchio (R26)
Directs AG to investigate whether pedophile organizations use the internet to encourage sex offenders to violate State law.

S250: Palaia (R11)
Provides public access to certain information received or possessed by legislators.

S330: Madden (D4); Sweeney (D3)
Creates crime of unauthorized surveillance.

S428: Singer (R30); Adler (D6)
Requires HIV tests for certain convicted sex offenders.

S442: Rice (D28)
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.

S487: Gill (D34)
Eliminates the statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse; clarifies accrual of certain causes of action and modifies the Charitable Immunity Act.

S621: Girgenti (D35); Gormley (R2)
Requires inclusion of certain types of drugs in public school instructional programs on nature of drugs and repeals inoperative statutes.

S696: Weinberg (D37)
Requires retail pharmacies to stock and dispense emergency contraception.

S733: Inverso (R14); Girgenti (D35)
Requires pamphlet for students about pedophile crimes.

S905: Inverso (R14); Bucco (R25)
Establishes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment without parole eligibility for crimes of criminal sexual contact committed against children.

S1156: Connors, L. (R9)
Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.

S1223: Inverso (R14); Allen (R7)
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.

S1405: Weinberg (D37); Vitale (D19)
Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.

S1979: Codey (D27); Girgenti (D35)
Restricts certain sex offenders' access to the Internet.

 

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