New Jersey S 4006: Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

Bill Text

S4006 

SENATE, No. 4006 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass 
minors aged 16 and older. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning domestic violence and amending P.L.1991, 
c.261.

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

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.1991, 
c.261 (C.2C:25-19) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� As used in this act:

���� a.� "Domestic 
violence" means the occurrence of one or more of the following acts 
inflicted upon a person protected under this act by an adult [or], an 
emancipated minor, or an unemancipated minor who is 16 years of age or older:� 

����������� (1)�� Homicide��� 
N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq.

����������� (2)�� Assault��� 
N.J.S.2C:12-1

����������� (3)�� Terroristic 
threats� N.J.S.2C:12-3

����������� (4)�� Kidnapping��� 
N.J.S.2C:13-1

����������� (5)�� Criminal 
restraint��� N.J.S.2C:13-2

����������� (6)�� False 
imprisonment��� N.J.S.2C:13-3

����������� (7)�� Sexual assault��� 
N.J.S.2C:14-2

����������� (8)�� Criminal sexual 
contact� N.J.S.2C:14-3

����������� (9)�� Lewdness��� 
N.J.S.2C:14-4

����������� (10)� Criminal 
mischief��� N.J.S.2C:17-3

����������� (11)� Burglary��� 
N.J.S.2C:18-2

����������� (12)� Criminal 
trespass��� N.J.S.2C:18-3

����������� (13)� Harassment��� 
N.J.S.2C:33-4

����������� (14)� Stalking��� 
P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10)

����������� (15)� Criminal 
coercion��� N.J.S.2C:13-5

����������� (16)� Robbery��� 
N.J.S.2C:15-1

����������� (17)� Contempt of a 
domestic violence order pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:29-9 that 
constitutes a crime or disorderly persons offense 

����������� (18)� Any other crime 
involving risk of death or serious bodily injury to a person protected under 
the "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991," P.L.1991, c.261 
(C.2C:25-17 et al.)

����������� (19)� Cyber-harassment 
P.L.2013, c.272 (C.2C:33-4.1)

���� When one or more of these acts 
is inflicted by an unemancipated minor under the age of 16 upon a person 
protected under this act, the occurrence shall not constitute "domestic 
violence," but may be the basis for the filing of a petition or complaint 
pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C.2A:4A-30).

���� b.��� "Law enforcement 
agency" means a department, division, bureau, commission, board or other 
authority of the State or of any political subdivision thereof which employs 
law enforcement officers.

���� c.���� "Law enforcement 
officer" means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an 
officer for the detection, apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders 
against the laws of this State.

���� d.��� "Victim of domestic 
violence" means a person protected under this act and shall include any 
person who is [18] 16 
years of age or older or who is an emancipated minor and who has been subjected 
to domestic violence by a spouse, former spouse, or any other person who is a 
present household member or was at any time a household member. "Victim of 
domestic violence" also includes any person, regardless of age, who has 
been subjected to domestic violence by a person with whom the victim has a 
child in common, or with whom the victim anticipates having a child in common, 
if one of the parties is pregnant.� "Victim of domestic violence" 
also includes any person who has been subjected to domestic violence by a 
person with whom the victim has had a dating relationship.

���� e.���� "Emancipated 
minor" means a person who is under 18 years of age but who has been 
married, has entered military service, has a child or is pregnant or has been 
previously declared by a court or an administrative agency to be emancipated.

(cf: P.L.2016, c.77, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall apply to all acts of domestic violence committed 
on or after the effective date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would expand the 
protections of the domestic violence statutes to include minors aged 16 and 
older.

���� Under current law, a domestic 
violence restraining order may be issued only under certain circumstances: if 
the victim is at least 18 years old; is an emancipated minor; has had a dating 
relationship with the defendant; has a child in common with the defendant; or 
anticipates having a child in common if one of the parties is pregnant.� A 
restraining order may be issued against a defendant only if the defendant is at 
least 18 years old or is an emancipated minor.

���� Under the bill, any victim of 
domestic violence who is at least 16 years old could apply for a domestic 
violence restraining order, and any defendant who is at least 16 years old 
could be subject to a domestic violence restraining order.