New Jersey S 969: Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.

Bill Text

S969 

SENATE, No. 969 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes disorderly persons offense for dog owner 
who fails to remain at scene and provide certain information when dog injures a 
person.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the requirement to remain at scene 
when a dog injures a person, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� If a dog bites or 
otherwise injures a person in the presence of the dog�s owner, the owner of the 
dog shall remain at the scene of the incident until the owner of the dog 
provides the person bitten or otherwise injured by the dog with their name, address, 
and contact information.

���� b.��� Any dog owner whose dog 
bites or otherwise injures another person in the owner�s presence, and who 
fails to comply with the requirements specified in subsection a. of this 
section, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, for every conviction of an offense 
pursuant to this section, the person shall be fined not less than $500 nor more 
than $1,000, or be imprisoned for a term of not more than six months, or both.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would make it a 
disorderly persons offense if a person�s dog bites or otherwise injures another 
person in the dog owner�s presence, and the dog owner fails to remain at the 
scene of the incident until certain information has been provided to the person 
bitten or otherwise injured by the dog.

���� Specifically, the bill 
requires a dog owner whose dog bites or otherwise injures another person in the 
presence of the owner, to remain at the scene of the incident until the owner 
of the dog provides the person bitten or otherwise injured by the dog with 
their name, address, and contact information.

���� Notwithstanding the provisions 
of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, a person convicted of a disorderly persons 
offense under the bill will be subject to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor 
more than $1,000, or to be imprisoned for a term of not more than six months, 
or both.