A 4169 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Clarifies that encouraging another person to cause bodily injury, by filming, photographing, or otherwise recording injury-causing act, is form of crime of endangering injured victim.

This bill clarifies that encouraging someone to cause bodily injury - including by filming, photographing, or recording the act - is a criminal offense under New Jersey's "endangering an injured victim" law. It directly affects individuals who record violent acts without intervening or seeking help for the victim. The key change explicitly adds filming or recording as a form of "encouragement" that constitutes the crime, which was previously unclear. The offense remains a third-degree crime punishable by up to five years in prison or a $15,000 fine, without merging with convictions for the underlying assault.
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Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026
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