2008/2009 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

S.1225: Requires notification of rape care advocates under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers.

S.1106/A.1563: Expand the definitions and enhance the penalties found in the state’s stalking statute.

A.1942: Requires owners and employees of international labor matching or matchmaking organizations to undergo background check and these organizations’ clients be given domestic violence information.

A.1644: Appropriates $250,000 to the NJ Dept. of Community Affairs for grants to rape crisis centers.

A.183: Requires mandatory sexual violence training for law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial personnel.

A.1215: Creates a new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families.

A.677: Enhance the harassment provisions of the stalking statute.

A.2277: Permits minors to consent to forensic care or treatment in the event of sexual assault or abuse.

AJR 101 – Designates April 28 of each year as “Denim Day” for rape awareness.
(PASSED)
09/22/2008 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

S.677/A.677/A.573: Creates the New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

S.1813 – Requires international matchmaking organizations to provide domestic violence hotline information to their members and obtain a criminal history check for all of their clients.

AR71 – Urges Attorney General to provide additional funding to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs through New Jersey.
(PASSED)
09/26/2008 - Filed with Secretary of State
09/25/2008 - Passed by the Assembly (80-0-0)
09/22/2008 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
01/08/2008 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee