Bill
A 375
Establishes a three-year pilot program in three counties to electronically monitor certain defendants with victim notification, funded by $15 million.
Note on title discrepancy
- The bill header provided lists A-375 as "Requires verification of property and rental listings on online property marketplaces," but the full text and committee substitute attached to your request concern an electronic monitoring pilot program for certain offenders. This summary covers the electronic monitoring pilot as described in the supplied document.
Bill at-a-glance
- Bill number: A-375 (Assembly Committee Substitute adopted 5/15/2025)
- Purpose: Establish a three-year pilot program for electronic monitoring with victim notification of certain defendants/offenders in Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union counties.
- Status (from document): Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection; ACS adopted by Assembly Regulated Professions Committee 5/15/2025.
- Sponsors: Shanique Speight, Sterley S. Stanley, Clyde Vanel (primaries) and multiple cosponsors.
- Appropriation: $15 million total ($12M to Electronic Monitoring & Crime Victim Notification Fund; $3M to Domestic Violence Victims’ Fund).
Main objectives / intent
- Protect victims by using electronic monitoring and automated victim notification for defendants charged with or convicted of serious offenses (sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, human trafficking, kidnapping, domestic violence crimes, and contempt of domestic violence orders).
- Test program effectiveness for three years in three counties, with evaluation reports to the Legislature.
Key provisions
- Pilot scope and duration: Three-year pilot limited to Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union counties.
- Eligibility: Defendants charged with or convicted of listed crimes may be placed on electronic monitoring; victim’s informed consent is required to use monitoring as part of victim notification.
- Court process: Court must hold a hearing assessing defendant dangerousness and deterrence likelihood, using an Administrative Director–approved, objective, standardized risk-assessment instrument. Court must order counseling for every monitored defendant.
- Device and operation standards: Devices/systems must meet NIJ Offender Tracking Systems Standard 1004.00 (or successors); operate 24/7; be run by a State-contracted entity; provide proximity notifications at 3 miles, 1 mile (triggers law enforcement alert), and 0.5 mile.
- Fees and funds: Monitored defendants pay $250 initial fee and $50 per day (court may also order victim-notification costs). Courts may waive fees in hardship. Fees and civil penalties deposit to an Electronic Monitoring and Crime Victim Notification Fund administered by the Attorney General.
- Civil penalties: $200 civil penalty for persons found in a final domestic violence hearing to have committed domestic violence (waivable for hardship); $250 penalty for convictions for domestic violence, contempt, sexual assault, human trafficking, or kidnapping unless the $250 monitoring fee already assessed.
- Supplier immunity: Suppliers of monitoring products/services are immune from liability for injury/death caused by their use except for claims based on manufacturing defects.
- Tampering penalty: Tampering with/removing/vandalizing a device is a third-degree crime (3–5 years imprisonment, fine up to $15,000, or both).
- Victim information & consent: Victims must receive detailed information on risks/limitations, tracking scope, procedures for device failures or violations, right to refuse/terminate participation, and available support services before providing informed consent.
- Noncompliance reporting: Attorney General (with AOC) to develop 24/7 procedures for determining, investigating, and reporting noncompliance; reported noncompliance to be investigated by law enforcement promptly.
- Reporting & evaluation: Attorney General, AOC, State Parole Board, and others to report to the Legislature 12 months after program organization and within six months after expiration to assess effectiveness and recommend continuation/expansion.
Who is affected
- Defendants charged with or convicted of enumerated offenses (subject to court hearing and victim consent)
- Victims (receive notifications; must consent)
- Courts, Attorney General, Administrative Office of the Courts, State Parole Board, law enforcement agencies (implementation, oversight, and information-sharing)
- Device/system suppliers (subject to limited immunity)
- State budget (initial $15M appropriation and ongoing fund receipts from fees/penalties)
Procedural/timeline notes
- Introduced Jan 9, 2024; committee actions in 2025 including ACS adoption 5/15/2025 and transfers between committees.
- Pilot would run three years from effective date; interim and post-pilot legislative reports required.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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