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NJ S1550
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Shirley Turner
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AI Summary
- Creates a new criminal offense of "theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person" when someone in a position of trust commits theft against a senior citizen (age 62+) or person with a disability
- Defines "position of trust" to include family members, joint tenants, fiduciaries, paid caregivers, and anyone providing ongoing home care services including neighbors or friends with access to the vulnerable person
- Grades the offense one degree higher than the underlying theft crime, or as a fourth-degree crime if the underlying offense is a disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense
- Prohibits merger of convictions, requiring courts to impose separate sentences for both the financial exploitation offense and the underlying theft offense
- Defines "person with a disability" as someone with a pre-existing physical or mental impairment substantially incapable of exercising normal resistance, including those receiving Social Security disability benefits
Legislative Description
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
1/9/2024
Committee Referrals
Education1/9/2024
Full Bill Text
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