Bill > A494

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This bill would upgrade the penalties for certain crimes when they are committed in a jurisdiction where a state of emergency is in force. Under the provisions of the bill, robbery committed in a jurisdiction where a state of emergency is in force would be a crime of the first degree; burglary, theft, shoplifting, and interference with transportation would be upgraded to crimes of the second degree; trespassing, riot, and the unlawful interception emergency communications would be ungraded to crimes of the third degree; the crime of failing to disperse would be upgraded a to a crime of the fourth degree; and defiant trespass would be upgraded to a disorderly persons offense.

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Declan O'Scanlon (R)*,  Kevin Rooney (R)*,  Scott Rumana (R)*,  David Russo (R)*,  Jay Webber (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee (on 01/27/2016)