Bill Text: NJ A4858 | 2014-2015 | 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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A4858 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4858-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4858

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 10, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  CHARLES MAINOR

District 31 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

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

     As introduced.

  

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.