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NJ A198

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Michael Inganamort

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands human trafficking liability to include anyone who "knowingly participates in any other way and benefits financially from" trafficking schemes, beyond just organizers, supervisors, financiers, or managers

  • Extends protections for child victims under 18 by explicitly including labor or services trafficking alongside sexual activity trafficking

  • Mandates a minimum 20-year prison sentence without parole eligibility for trafficking involving children or for those who financially benefit from trafficking operations

  • Requires a minimum $25,000 fine for first-degree human trafficking convictions, with funds directed to the Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund

  • Requires restitution to victims based on either the gross income the defendant received from the victim's labor or the value of services under applicable state and federal wage laws, whichever is greater

Legislative Description

Enhances criminal penalties for persons involved in certain human trafficking activities.

Appropriations

Last Action

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

12/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations12/11/2025
Public Safety and Preparedness Committee1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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