Bill Text: NJ A4122 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits certain examinations of alleged sex crimes victims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-10-27 - Withdrawn from Consideration [A4122 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4122-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits certain examinations of alleged sex crimes victims.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning physical examinations of victims of sexual assault and supplementing chapter 61B of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The court shall not order or otherwise require the alleged victim in a prosecution for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, sexual contact, and human trafficking involving sexual activity to submit to or undergo a gynecological or physical examination of the breasts, buttocks, anus, or any part of the sexual organs.
b. The refusal of an alleged victim to undergo an examination described in subsection a. of this section shall not serve as the basis to exclude evidence obtained from other relevant examinations of the victim.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that in a prosecution for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, sexual contact, and human trafficking involving sexual activity, the court is prohibited from ordering or otherwise requiring the alleged victim to submit to or undergo a gynecological or physical examination of the breasts, buttocks, anus, or any part of the sexual organs.
Further, the refusal of an alleged victim to undergo an examination is not to serve as the basis to exclude evidence obtained from other relevant examinations of the victim.
This bill is based upon a New York bill.
