SENATE, No. 180
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Beck and Assemblywoman Quijano
SYNOPSIS
Revises definition of victim in “Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights.”
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee on February 4, 2016, with amendments.
An Act concerning crime victims and amending P.L.1985, c.249.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 4 of P.L.1985, 1c.1249 (C.52:4B-37) is amended to read as follows:
4. As used in this act, "victim" means a person who suffers personal, physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury to personal or real property as a result of a crime committed by an adult or an act of delinquency that would constitute a crime if committed by an adult, committed against that person. "Victim" also includes [the nearest relative of the victim of a criminal homicide] the spouse, parent, legal guardian, grandparent, child, sibling, domestic partner or civil union partner of the decedent in the case of a criminal homicide or act of juvenile delinquency 1that would constitute a criminal homicide if committed by an adult1.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.407, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.