Bill > S3565

Introduced Session

This bill provides that if a person under the age of 18 violates the law by possessing or consuming an alcoholic beverage, cannabis item, marijuana, or hashish and receives a written warning from a law enforcement officer, the law enforcement officer would also be required to provide a written notice to the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the minor. P.L.2021, c.25 established certain consequences for persons under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, or under the legal age to purchase cannabis items, who possess or consume an alcoholic beverage, cannabis item, marijuana, or hashish. These consequences include, for a second or third violation where the person is under age 18, a notification to the minor's parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the minor. However, P.L.2021, c.25 does not provide that a parent, guardian, or other person having custody would be notified about the minor's first violation. This bill would require such notice. The bill also makes amendments to paragraph (3) of subsection a. to provide that a person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages or cannabis items who is in violation for possessing or consuming an alcoholic beverage, marijuana, hashish, or a cannabis item shall not be transported to a police station, police headquarters, or other place of law enforcement operations, and shall not otherwise be subject to detention or be taken into custody by a law enforcement officer at or near the location where the violation occurred, except to the extent that detention or custody at or near the location is required to issue a written warning or write-up, collect the information necessary to provide notice of a violation to a parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the underage or make referrals for accessing community services.

AI Summary

Dawn Addiego (D)*,  Tony Bucco (R)*,  Vin Gopal (D)*,  Linda Greenstein (D)*,  Joe Lagana (D)*,  Declan O'Scanlon (R)*,  Christopher Bateman (R),  Chris Brown (R),  Richard Codey (D),  Kristin Corrado (R),  Patrick Diegnan (D),  Jim Holzapfel (R),  Brian Stack (D),  Samuel Thompson (D),  Shirley Turner (D), 

Substituted by A5472 (3R) (on 03/25/2021)