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NJ A3236
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Aura Dunn
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AI Summary
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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
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Adds psychological abuse as domestic violence when it causes fear, serious alarm, or distress that substantially adversely impacts a victim's daily activities
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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
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Applies to victims who are 18 or older, emancipated minors, current or former spouses, household members, co-parents, or dating partners
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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