MEETING AGENDA

The New Jersey Law Revision Commission meeting will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the Commission office on the 7th Floor, 153 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey.

Any member of the public that wishes to submit comments on any agenda item, or would like to participate in the meeting virtually, should contact Laura C. Tharney in advance of the start time of the meeting, at: lct@njlrc.org

1. New Jersey Safe Housing Act’s Application to Non-physical Harm – Consideration of a Draft Tentative Report proposing modifications to the early lease termination provision for victims of domestic abuse, under N.J.S. 46:8-9.6(a) of the New Jersey Safe Housing Act, to clarify the statute’s language regarding the scope of “harm.”  Report

2. DWI – Contributions to the Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund for Refusal to Submit to Chemical Tests, N.J.S. 39:4-50.8 – Consideration of a Draft Tentative Report proposing modification to update anachronistic and potentially misleading references in N.J.S. 39:4-50.2, N.J.S. 36:4-50.8, N.J.S. 39:3-10.24, and N.J.S. 12:7-55, in accordance with the 1992 and 2009 Reorganization Plans.  Report

3. Self-Defense Statute (N.J.S. 2C:3-4) – Scope of the Term “Dwelling”) - Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project addressing the scope of the term “dwelling” in New Jersey’s self-defense statute, N.J.S. 2C:3-4, as discussed in State v. Canfield, 470 N.J. Super. 234 (App. Div. 2022), aff'd as modified, 252 N.J. 497 (2023).  Memo

4. Sidewalk Tort Liability – Padilla v. An, 257 N.J. 540 - Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project regarding sidewalk tort liability in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Padilla v. An, 257 N.J. 540 (2024).  Memo

5. Child Erotica Provisions in N.J.S. 2C:24-4 – Constitutionality - Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project to address whether N.J.S. 2C:24-4 should be modified in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court's holding in State v. Higginbotham, 257 N.J. 260 (2024), that subsection (c) of the child erotica amendments is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.  Memo