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A 5836

Relates to homegrown food operations

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Scott Gray

Requires county prosecutors to annually report CDS plea offers, outcomes, and related substance details to the Attorney General, who will compile and report to the Legislature.

HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN AGRICULTURE
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Bill Summary · A 5836

Summary of Assembly Bill A-5836

Note on title vs. content: The bill’s formal title references homegrown food operations, but the introduced text concerns plea agreements in controlled dangerous substances cases. This summary reflects the introduced content and status as filed.

Overview

  • Bill number and title: A-5836, Relates to homegrown food operations (introduced version focuses on plea agreements and controlled dangerous substances).
  • Purpose: To require more detailed, annual reporting by county prosecutors to the Attorney General on plea offers and agreements in CDS-related cases, with the Attorney General compiling and reporting this data to the Legislature.

Key Provisions

  1. Reporting by County Prosecutors (Section 1)
  2. Each county prosecutor must submit to the Attorney General a written report for the last preceding calendar year concerning plea agreement negotiations in crimes related to controlled dangerous substances (CDS).
  3. The data to be reported includes:
    • Plea offers extended to defendants and whether they were accepted or rejected.
    • Plea agreements entered into or rejected by the court.
    • The type and quantity of the controlled dangerous substance involved in the alleged indictable offense.

  4. Definitions: “Controlled dangerous substance” has the same meaning as N.J.S.2C:35-2.

  5. Legislative Reporting by the Attorney General (Section 1)

  6. The Attorney General shall compile the data submitted by county prosecutors and annually report it to the Legislature, consistent with current reporting requirements under N.J.S.14-19.1.

  7. Effective Date (Section 2)

  8. The act takes effect immediately.

Who is Affected

  • County prosecutors (mandatory annual reporting to the Attorney General).
  • New Jersey Attorney General (responsible for compiling the data and submitting the annual report to the Legislature).
  • The Legislature (receives the annual CDS plea-agreement data report).

Procedural and Timeline Details

  • Reporting cadence: Annual, covering the last preceding calendar year.
  • Data scope: Plea offers, acceptance/rejection decisions, court actions on pleas, and CDS type/quantity.
  • Effective date: Immediate upon enactment.

Relationship to Existing Law

  • Currently, county prosecutors report dispositions and related data, and the Attorney General compiles CDS-related data as to certain defendants, but CDS-specific plea-agreement data were not expressly required. This bill adds a targeted CDS plea-offer and plea-approval data stream to the annual reporting cycle.

Legislative History

  • Introduced: June 16, 2025 (A-5836).
  • Status: HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN AGRICULTURE (as of May 20–May 20, 2025).
  • Earlier actions: Referred to Agriculture (Feb 24, 2025); later introduced in Assembly and referred to Judiciary (June 16, 2025).

Sponsor

  • Primary sponsor: Scott Gray.

This bill would increase the granularity of CDS-related plea data available to the Legislature, potentially informing oversight and policy discussions on prosecutorial practices in CDS cases.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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