Establishes crimes against elected public officials and immediate families; provides police protection in instances of crime against elected public official and immediate family.

This bill (S 2681) adds elected public officials and their immediate family members to New Jersey’s aggravated assault law, making attacks against them a separate criminal offense with harsher penalties. It specifically defines "immediate family" as spouses, domestic partners, parents, siblings, children, and stepchildren. The law requires police to provide protection in cases involving crimes against these officials or their families, expanding existing protections previously limited to law enforcement, firefighters, and school staff. The bill amends New Jersey’s assault statute (N.J.S.2C:12-1) to include these new categories under aggravated assault.