Requires drunk driver to pay restitution on behalf of child if parent or guardian is killed by that driver.

This bill requires drunk drivers convicted of causing a death (reckless vehicular homicide while violating DUI laws) to pay financial compensation to minor children when the victim was their parent or guardian. It amends New Jersey’s vehicular homicide law (N.J.S.2C:11-5) to add this restitution requirement, which would apply in addition to criminal penalties. The driver would be ordered to pay this compensation directly to the child, not to the family or estate. The bill affects convicted drunk drivers and minor children who lose a parent or guardian to a DUI-related death.