Bill Text: NJ A1984 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires institution of higher education to annually report total number of sexual assault and domestic violence allegations made by or against student to Attorney General and Secretary of Higher Education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee [A1984 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A1984-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1984

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires institution of higher education to annually report total number of sexual assault and domestic violence allegations made by or against student to Attorney General and Secretary of Higher Education.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning the incidence of certain crimes at institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 61E of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, an institution of higher education shall annually report to the Secretary of Higher Education and the Attorney General the total number of allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence made by or made against a student enrolled in the institution. 

     b.    Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict a student's rights under the "Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights," established pursuant to P.L.1994, c.160 (C.18A:61E-1 et seq.). 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires each institution of higher education to annually report to the Secretary of Higher Education and the Attorney General the total number of allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence made by or made against a student enrolled in the institution.  The bill provides that its provisions may not be construed to restrict a student's rights under the "Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights," which among other rights, provides that a victim will be free from pressure to report a crime if the victim does not wish to do so.