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Bill Text

A3349 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3349 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Egan, 
Assemblywoman Morales, Assemblyman Sampson and Assemblywoman Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Specifies that emergency, transitional, and permanent 
housing for victim of domestic violence would be funded by "Domestic 
Violence Victims' Fund."

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning domestic violence victims and amending 
P.L.2001, c.195.� 

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

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2001, 
c.195 (C.30:14-15) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.� a. There is hereby 
established the "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund," a dedicated fund 
within the General Fund and administered by the Division of Child Protection 
and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families.� The fund shall be 
the depository of moneys realized from the civil penalty imposed pursuant to 
section 1 of P.L.2001, c.195 (C.2C:25-29.1) and any other moneys made available 
for the purposes of the fund.

���� b.��� All moneys deposited in 
the "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund" shall be used for direct 
services to victims of domestic violence, including, but not limited to[,]: 
shelter services[,]; emergency, 
transitional, and permanent housing; food; utilities; transportation costs; 
language access services; legal advocacy services[,]; [and] legal 
assistance services[,]; and 
for related administrative costs of the Division of Child Protection and 
Permanency.

(cf: P.L.2012, c.16, s.128)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill specifies that the 
�Domestic Violence Victims� Fund� would fund emergency, transitional, and 
permanent housing; food; utilities; transportation costs; and language access 
services.� 

���� The "Domestic Violence 
Victims' Fund" is a dedicated fund within the General Fund and 
administered by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the 
Department of Children and Families.� The fund is the depository of moneys 
realized from the civil penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, 
c.195 (C.2C:25-29.1) on any person found by the court in a final hearing 
pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29) to have committed an act 
of domestic violence.� The penalty ranges from $50 up to $500, and the fund is 
also the depository of any other moneys made available for the purposes of the 
fund.� 

���� Under current law, all moneys 
deposited in the "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund" are used for 
direct services to victims of domestic violence including, but not limited to, 
shelter services and legal advocacy services.