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Introduced Session

Currently, the Attorney General operates the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE) pursuant to Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2005-5. Under the VINE system, crime victims are notified when a defendant is released from custody. The bill would expand the use of the VINE system to include domestic violence victims on whose behalf a restraining order has been entered. Under current law, N.J.S.A.2C:25-26.1 requires the prosecutor to notify the victim when a defendant charged with a crime or offense involving domestic violence is released from custody. Under the bill, this section of law would also provide for notification to a victim on whose behalf a final or temporary restraining order or protective order has been entered when the status of the person subject to the domestic violence restraining order has changed, including but not limited to, when the person is released from custody, discharged or transferred from custody or released on bail for a violation of a restraining order or for any crime or offense. The bill also provides that the victim's location would remain confidential and not appear on any documents or records to which the defendant would have access.

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Tom Kean (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 04/09/2020)

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