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NJ A3236

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Aura Dunn

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands New Jersey's "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" to add two new categories of domestic violence to the existing list of enumerated offenses

  • Adds psychological abuse as domestic violence when it causes fear, serious alarm, or distress that substantially adversely impacts a victim's daily activities

  • Defines economic abuse as behavior that substantially impairs a protected person's ability to acquire, use, or maintain money or property, or to obtain goods or services

  • Applies to victims who are 18 or older, emancipated minors, current or former spouses, household members, co-parents, or dating partners

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.

Judiciary

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2024

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