A 1796 New Jersey General Assembly · 2018-2019 Regular Session

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.*

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Dec 2019
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Dec 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018 Last action Jan 13, 2020
Floor votes · General Assembly Nov 25, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0)
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-0)
upper
Dec 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Nov 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (74-0-0)
lower
Nov 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.