Bill Text: NJ S563 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [S563 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S563-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JON M. BRAMNICK
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator A.M.Bucco
SYNOPSIS
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning desecration of venerated objects and amending N.J.S.2C:33-9.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.2C:33-9 is amended to reads as follows:
2C:33-9. Desecration of Venerated Objects. A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he purposely desecrates any public monument, insignia, symbol, or structure, or place of worship or burial.
A person commits a crime of the third degree if he purposely desecrates a military monument.
"Desecrate" means defacing, damaging or polluting.
"Military monument" means any monument that was erected with the intent to honor a current or former member or members of the armed forces or to mark or commemorate a past military action or battle.
(cf: N.J.S.2C:33-9)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes purposely desecrating a military monument a crime of the third degree. As used in the bill, the term "military monument" means any monument that was erected with the intent to honor a current or former member or members of the armed forces or to mark or commemorate a past military action or battle.
