Bill > A4464

Introduced Session

This bill would eliminate mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for individuals convicted of non-violent drug offenses. The bill incorporates the non-violent drug crimes that the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission (CSDC) recommended, in an annual report, to have the mandatory minimum terms eliminated. These include the following crimes: (1) N.J.S.A.2C:35-3 (Leader of Narcotics Trafficking Network); (2) N.J.S.A.2C:35-4 (Maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility); (3) N.J.S.A.2C:35-5 (Manufacturing, distributing or dispensing); (4) N.J.S.A.2C:35-6 (Employing a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme); (5) N.J.S.A.2C:35-7 (Distribution on or within 1,000 feet of school property); (6) N.J.S.A.2C:35-8 (Distribution to persons under age 18; enhanced punishment); and (7) N.J.S.A.2C:43-6 (Sentence of imprisonment for crime; ordinary terms; mandatory terms).

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Reginald Atkins (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*,  Shavonda Sumter (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 06/03/2024)

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