Bill Sponsors: NJ S2609 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session

Bill Title: Prevents criminal defendent from asserting "gay and transgender panic" defense to murder charge in order to reduce charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-16 - Substituted by A1796 (1R) [S2609 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Joseph Lagana [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-038FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Vin Gopal [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-011FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Troy Singleton [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Loretta Weinberg [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-037FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Nia Gill [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-034FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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