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NJ S3201

Bill

Status

Passed

11/18/2024

Primary Sponsor

Vin Gopal

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Origin

Senate

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Upgrades assault on a law enforcement officer resulting in serious bodily injury from a third-degree to a second-degree crime, with mandatory incarceration provisions and ineligibility for pretrial intervention programs

  • Expands the list of protected personnel for aggravated assault charges to include court services officers

  • Adds two new domestic violence-related aggravated assault offenses: causing significant bodily injury to a domestic violence victim (third-degree crime) and obstructing breathing/blood circulation of a domestic violence victim (second-degree crime)

  • Requires mandatory blood or biological sample testing for communicable diseases when a person is charged with throwing bodily fluid at law enforcement, corrections officers, firefighters, or emergency medical personnel, with test results disclosed to victims

  • Specifies that blood samples collected for communicable disease testing cannot be used for other law enforcement purposes without a separate warrant and must be destroyed after testing is complete

Legislative Description

Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.

Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor

Last Action

Approved P.L.2024, c.94.

11/18/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations9/12/2024
Public Safety and Preparedness Committee6/28/2024
Budget and Appropriations6/13/2024
Law and Public Safety5/9/2024

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