A124 • 2026

Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Barlas, Al
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.

What This Bill Does

Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.
Topic: Judiciary Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature
Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A124 APS Statement 5/28/26

ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 124

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MAY 28,
2026

����� The Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 124.

����� As reported by the committee, t
his bill upgrades simple assault against State-employed
civil investigators to aggravated assault under certain circumstances.�

����� Under
the bill, a person commits aggravated assault by committing simple assault
against a civil investigator employed by a State department or agency who is
clearly identifiable as acting in the performance of their duties, or while
exhibiting evidence of authority, or because of the investigator�s status as a
civil investigator.

����� Current
law upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault when committed against
certain professionals acting within the scope of their duties, including law
enforcement officers, Supreme Court Justices, Superior and Tax Court Judges,
Department of Corrections employees, utility workers, and healthcare workers. �This
bill adds State-employed civil investigators to this list of protected persons.

����� This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.I