Bill > A3796

Introduced Session

This bill makes it an aggravated sexual assault or an aggravated sexual contact if the actor is a transportation network company driver or a taxicab driver and commits an act of sexual penetration or sexual contact using coercion or without the victim's affirmative and freely-given permission and the victim is any passenger. An aggravated sexual assault is a crime of the first degree, which is punishable by 10-20 years imprisonment, up to a $200,000 fine, or both. An aggravated criminal sexual contact is a crime of the third degree, which is punishable by three to five years imprisonment, up to a $15,000 fine, or both. Transportation network company driver is defined in the bill as having the same meaning as provided in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).

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Dawn Addiego (D)*,  Gordon Johnson (D)*,  Robert Karabinchak (D)*,  Joe Lagana (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Jim Beach (D),  Chris Brown (R),  Clinton Calabrese (D),  Richard Codey (D),  Joe Cryan (D),  Sandra Cunningham (D),  Patrick Diegnan (D),  Nia Gill (D),  Linda Greenstein (D),  Mila Jasey (D),  Angelica Jimenez (D),  Fred Madden (D),  Pedro Mejia (D),  Raj Mukherji (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Steven Oroho (R),  Nellie Pou (D),  Ronald Rice (D),  Teresa Ruiz (D),  Nicholas Sacco (D),  Paul Sarlo (D),  Nick Scutari (D),  Troy Singleton (D),  Bob Smith (D),  Brian Stack (D),  Lisa Swain (D),  Stephen Sweeney (D),  Britnee Timberlake (D),  Shirley Turner (D),  Joe Vitale (D),  Loretta Weinberg (D), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 06/01/2021)

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