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Bill Text

A2530 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2530 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Creates a civil cause of action for stalking.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning a civil cause of action for stalking and 
supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Civil action for 
stalking.

���� A victim has a civil cause of 
action against an individual who engaged in conduct that is prohibited under 
P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10), whether or not the individual has been charged or 
convicted for the alleged violation, for damages incurred by the victim as a 
result of that conduct.� A plaintiff who prevails in such action shall be 
entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs.� If compensatory damages are 
awarded, a victim may also be awarded punitive damages.

���� As used in this act:

���� "Compensatory 
damages" includes damages for all of the defendant's acts prohibited by 
P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10).

���� "Victim" means a 
person who, as a result of the conduct of the defendant that is prohibited 
under P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10), was placed in reasonable fear for his own 
personal safety or for the safety of a minor child of whom the person is a 
parent or legal guardian.

���� No action shall be commenced 
under this section beyond the applicable personal injury statute of limitations 
after the most recent conduct prohibited under P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10).

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall be applicable to all offenses committed on or 
after the effective date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill creates a civil 
cause of action for victims of stalking, a crime set out in P.L.1992, c.209 
(C.2C:12-10).� 

���� Under the bill, a �victim� is 
defined as �a person who, as a result of the conduct of the defendant that is 
prohibited under P.L.1992, c.209 (C.2C:12-10), was placed in reasonable 
fear for his own personal safety or for the safety of a minor child of whom the 
person is a parent or legal guardian.�

���� The bill provides that the 
victim could bring suit whether or not the individual has been charged with or 
convicted of the crime.� The victim could be awarded damages and costs, 
including attorney fees, and may also be awarded punitive damages. 

���� Under the bill, no action could 
be commenced beyond the applicable personal injury statute of limitations. �Under 
N.J.S.2A:14-2 the statute of limitations for personal injury actions is two 
years.