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NJ A5456
Bill
Status
3/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jessica Ramirez
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AI Summary
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Adds human trafficking, assisting in human trafficking, and commercial sex abuse of a minor to the list of crimes subject to New Jersey's No Early Release Act (NERA), requiring offenders to serve 85% of their sentence before parole eligibility
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Increases the minimum sentence for human trafficking from 20 years to 24 years to life imprisonment, with parole eligibility only after serving 85% of the sentence (for a life sentence, deemed 75 years, this means 63.75 years before parole eligibility)
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Requires mandatory post-incarceration parole supervision of five years for first-degree convictions and three years for second-degree convictions under NERA
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Maintains existing provisions requiring a minimum $25,000 fine for human trafficking convictions, deposited into the Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund
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Applies to attempts or conspiracies to commit these human trafficking-related offenses as well as completed crimes
Legislative Description
Makes human trafficking-related crimes subject to No Early Release Act sentencing.
Judiciary
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
3/17/2025