New Jersey S 1150: Requires electric utility bills to separately list the amount of State sales tax, societal benefits charge and transitional energy facility unit rate assessment surcharge.

Bill Text

S1150 

SENATE, No. 1150 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Amato

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises definition of domestic violence to include 
psychological abuse and economic abuse.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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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:� 

���� (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);

���� (20) �Any other offense 
involving psychological abuse that causes fear or serious alarm or distress 
that has a substantial adverse impact on a person�s daily activities; or

���� (21)� Economic abuse. As 
used in this paragraph, �economic abuse� means any behavior that has a 
substantial adverse effect on the ability of a person protected under this act to: 
(a) acquire, use, or maintain money or other property, or (b) obtain goods or 
services.

���� When one or more of these acts 
is inflicted by an unemancipated minor 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 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.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill revises the 
definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic 
abuse.� 

���� Under the �Prevention of 
Domestic Violence Act of 1991,� P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-17 et al.) 
"domestic violence" means the occurrence of one or more of the 
enumerated acts set forth in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19) 
inflicted upon a person protected under the act.� The bill would add the 
following� enumerated acts to the statute:

���� (1)� Any other offense 
involving psychological abuse that causes fear or serious alarm or distr