Bill Title: Prohibits "gay panic" defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A4083 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Timothy Eustace [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-038	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Grace Spencer [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-029	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Reed Gusciora [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-015	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmelo Garcia [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-033	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John McKeon [D]	Cosponsor	Email	609-847-3905	SD-027	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marlene Caride [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-036	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Valerie Huttle [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-037	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda Stender [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-022	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Pamela Lampitt [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-006	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Burzichelli [D]	Cosponsor	Email	609-847-3905	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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