A2169 • 2026

Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.

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

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Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.

What This Bill Does

Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2169

ASSEMBLY, No. 2169

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)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Murphy, Lopez and Assemblyman Spearman

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to
Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims'
rights and VCCO assistance.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2023, P.L.2022, c.49.

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

���� 1.��� In addition to the
amounts appropriated under P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, there is appropriated from the General
Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:

66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC
SAFETY

80 Special Government Services

82 Protection of Citizens� Rights

GRANTS-IN-AID

19-1440 Victims of Crime Compensation Office�
.............................

$750,000

Total Grants-In-Aid
Appropriation,�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

$750,000

����� Victims of Crime Compensation
Office...........................

Grants-In-Aid
:

19�� Public Awareness Campaign: Crime Victim�s Bill of
Rights and VCCO Assistance �����.

($750,000)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

����� �This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of
$750,000 from the General Fund to the Victims of Crime Compensation Office
(VCCO) in the Department of Law and Public Safety for a public awareness
campaign to inform victims of the provisions of the Crime Victim�s Bill of
Rights and of the availability of compensation and other assistance from VCCO.