S 966 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.

This bill (S 966) updates New Jersey's legal definition of "domestic violence" to explicitly include psychological abuse and economic abuse. It adds two new provisions: (1) any behavior causing fear or distress that disrupts daily life (psychological abuse), and (2) financial control tactics that prevent someone from accessing money, property, or essential goods/services (economic abuse). The change directly affects victims covered under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, expanding legal protections to include these previously excluded forms of abuse. The bill revises Section 3 of the 1991 Domestic Violence Act without creating new enforcement mechanisms, solely clarifying the scope of existing protections.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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