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A2164 • 2026

Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.

Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.

Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2164

ASSEMBLY, No. 2164

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Lopez and Murphy

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities
to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach
regarding VCCO.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

establishing a pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available
to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding the Victims of Crime
Compensation Office.

����
Be It Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The Department of
Law and Public Safety shall establish a three-year pilot program to make grants
available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach in the community
regarding the availability of compensation for crime victims provided by the Victims
of Crime Compensation Office.� The pilot program shall be established in the
six urban municipalities with the highest crime index in this State, according
to the most recent Uniform Crime Report prepared by the New Jersey Division of
State Police.� Application to the pilot program shall be made on forms and
pursuant to procedures prescribed by the department.

���� b.��� The department shall
submit a report evaluating the implementation and operation of the pilot
program to the Governor and, pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of
P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature within 90 days after the
completion of the pilot program.� The report shall recommend whether the pilot
program should be continued, expanded, or made permanent.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall expire upon the filing of the report required
pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Department of Law and Public Safety to establish a three-year pilot program to
make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach in the
community regarding the availability of compensation for crime victims provided
by the Victims of Crime Compensation Office.

���� Under the bill, the pilot
program is to be established in the six urban municipalities with the highest
crime index in this State, according to the most recent Uniform Crime Report
prepared by the New Jersey Division of State Police.

���� Finally, the bill requires the
department to submit a report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program
to the Governor and the Legislature within 90 days after the completion of the
pilot program. The report is to recommend whether the pilot program should be
continued, expanded, or made permanent.