New Jersey A 3387: Supplemental appropriation of $50 million from General Fund to DHS for substance abuse treatment and prevention.

Bill Text

A3387 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3387 

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)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes human trafficking-related crimes subject to No 
Early Release Act sentencing.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning human trafficking and amending 
P.L.2005, c.77 and P.L.1997, c.117.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2005, 
c.77 (C.2C:13-8) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� Human trafficking. a. A 
person commits the crime of human trafficking if he:

���� (1)�� knowingly holds, 
recruits, lures, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains, by any 
means, another, to engage in sexual activity as defined in paragraph (2) of 
subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:34-1 or to provide labor or services:

���� (a)�� by causing or 
threatening to cause serious bodily harm or physical restraint against the 
person or any other person;

���� (b)�� by means of any scheme, 
plan, or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that the person or any 
other person would suffer serious bodily harm or physical restraint;

���� (c)�� by committing a 
violation of N.J.S.2C:13-5 against the person; 

���� (d)�� by destroying, 
concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any passport, 
immigration-related document as defined in section 1 of P.L.1997, c.1 
(C.2C:21-31), or other document issued by a governmental agency to any person 
which could be used as a means of verifying the person's identity or age or any 
other personal identifying information; 

���� (e)�� by means of the abuse or 
threatened abuse of the law or legal process; 

���� (f)�� by means of fraud, 
deceit, or misrepresentation against the person; or

���� (g)�� by facilitating access 
to a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog as set forth 
in chapter 35 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; or

���� (2)�� receives anything of 
value from participation as an organizer, supervisor, financier or manager in a 
scheme or course of conduct which violates paragraph (1) of this subsection; or

���� (3)�� knowingly holds, 
recruits, lures, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains, by any 
means, a child under 18 years of age, to engage in sexual activity as defined 
in paragraph (2) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:34-1, whether or not the actor 
mistakenly believed that the child was 18 years of age or older, even if that 
mistaken belief was reasonable.

���� b.��� An offense under this 
section constitutes a crime of the first degree.

���� c.���� It is an affirmative 
defense to prosecution for a violation of this section that, during the time of 
the alleged commission of the offense of human trafficking created by this 
section, the defendant was a victim of human trafficking.

���� d.��� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-6, the term of imprisonment imposed for a crime of 
the first degree under [paragraph 
(2) or (3) of] 
subsection a. of this section shall be [either 
a term of 20 years during which the actor shall not be eligible for parole, or] a specific 
term between [20] 24 years 
and life imprisonment, [of 
which the actor shall serve 20 years before being eligible for parole]� subject 
to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2).� 
Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, the sentence for a conviction 
for a crime of the first degree under this section shall include a fine in an 
amount of not less than $25,000, which shall be collected as provided for the 
collection of fines and restitutions in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 
(C.2C:46-4) and forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in 
the "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund" established by 
section 2 of P.L.2013, c.51 (C.52:17B-238).

���� e.���� In addition to any 
other disposition authorized by law, any person who violates the provisions of 
this section shall be ordered to make restitution to any victim. The court 
shall award to the victim restitution which is the greater of:

���� (1)�� the gross income or 
value to the defendant of the victim's labor or services; or

���� (2)�� the value of the 
victim's labor or services as determined by the "New Jersey Prevailing 
Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), the "New Jersey 
State Wage and Hour Law," P.L.1966, c.113 (C.34:11-56a et seq.), the 
Seasonal Farm Labor Act, P.L.1945, c.71 (C.34:9A-1 et seq.), the laws 
concerning the regulation of child labor in chapter 2 of Title 34 of the 
Revised Statutes, or any other applicable State law, and the "Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938," 29 U.S.C. s.201 et seq., or any other applicable 
federal law. 

(cf: P.L.2013, c.51, s.3)

���� 2.��� Section 2 of P.L.1997, 
c.117 (C.2C:43-7.2) is amended to read as follows