Bill Text: NJ A4960 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits law enforcement officer from administering anesthetic or sedative during arrest or traffic stop.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A4960 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4960-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits law enforcement officer from administering anesthetic or sedative during arrest or traffic stop.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act an act concerning law enforcement officers and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A law enforcement officer shall not administer an anesthetic or a sedative to a person during an arrest or a traffic stop.
As used in this section:
"Anesthetic or sedative" means any drug that suppresses the central nervous system or blocks the transmission of nerve impulses from a specific part of the body to induce insensitivity to pain or reduce irritability or excitement.
"Law enforcement officer" means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for the detection, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from administering an anesthetic or a sedative to a person during an arrest or a traffic stop.
The bill defines anesthetic or sedative to mean any drug that suppresses the central nervous system or blocks the transmission of nerve impulses from a specific part of the body to induce insensitivity to pain or reduce irritability or excitement.
