Bill > A3287

Introduced Session

Under current law, criminal records may be expunged after 10 years if the defendant has not been convicted of any prior or subsequent crime. Records may be expunged after five years under certain circumstances. However, the records of certain serious offenses, such as criminal homicide, kidnapping and sexual assault, are not subject to expungement. This bill would add two crimes to the list of crimes which may not be expunged: carjacking and promoting prostitution of a child. Carjacking, set out in N.J.S.2C:15-2, is a crime of the first degree. Ordinarily a crime of the first degree is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years or a fine of up to $200,000, or both. However, a defendant convicted of carjacking is subject to a term of imprisonment of 10 to 30 years with a mandatory minimum term of five years during which the defendant is not eligible for parole. Knowingly promoting prostitution of a child, set out in paragraph (3) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:34-1, is also a crime of the first degree, punishable by the ordinary term of imprisonment for this crime of 10 to 20 years or a fine of up to $200,000, or both.

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Ronald Dancer (R)*,  Jay Webber (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 02/22/2016)