ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4588

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 12, 2021

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4588.

     Currently, under N.J.S. 2C:12-1b.(13), strangulation is graded as a crime of the third degree, punishable by a term of imprisonment of three to five years, a fine of up to $15,000, or both.  This bill elevates strangulation committed in the domestic violence context against a victim of domestic violence to a crime of the second degree, punishable by a term of imprisonment of five to 10 years, a fine of up to $150,000, or both. 

     This bill is identical to Senate, No. 2503, which was also released by the committee on this date.