New Jersey A 3702: Requires State, county, and municipal social service workers to periodically complete implicit bias and cultural competency training.

Bill Text

A3702 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3702 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Auth, Assemblywomen Tucker, Carter and Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Criminalizes owner or landlord knowingly renting 
dwelling to tenant that is illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury 
to or death of another person.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning certain dwellings and supplementing Title 2C 
of the New Jersey Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.��� a.� An owner or landlord is guilty of a 
fourth degree crime if the owner or landlord knowingly rents a dwelling to a 
tenant that is an illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or 
the death of another person.� 

���� b.��� A conviction under this section does not 
preclude the application of any criminal, civil, or administrative remedy or 
penalty under any other provision of law.� 

���� For purposes of this act:

���� �illegal occupancy� shall mean an occupancy in 
residential premises that fails to comply with local or State housing 
regulations or codes, local zoning ordinances, or has violations affecting the 
health and safety of the tenants.� 

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill makes it a fourth degree crime for 
an owner or landlord to knowingly rent a dwelling to a tenant that is an 
illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or the death of 
another person.� 
A crime of the fourth degree is punishable by up to 18 months imprisonment, 
fine of up to $10,000, or both.��� 

���� Under current law, an owner or 
landlord who rents a dwelling to a tenant that is an illegal occupancy may be 
subject to certain civil penalties and fines as set forth in N.J.S.A.2A:18-61.1 
et seq. including, but not limited to, reimbursing a tenant for relocation 
expenses in the amount equal to six times the monthly rent if the tenant is 
evicted for illegal occupancy.� A conviction under this bill would not preclude 
the imposition of any other criminal, civil, or administrative remedy or 
penalty provided by any other provision of law.� �Illegal occupancy� is defined in the bill as an 
occupancy in residential premises that fails to comply with local or State 
housing regulations or codes, local zoning ordinances, or has violations 
affecting the health and safety of the tenants.