New Jersey · 222 session · house
A 4218Provides rental and lease protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
- Status
- In committee
- Latest action
- — Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
- Primary sponsor
- Murphy, Carol A. (Democratic)
- Community Development and Women's Affairs
Latest change summary
+309 / −4177 words · LargeConfidence: high
This version represents a fundamental restructuring of the bill from operative statutory language to a committee explanatory statement. The original version contained detailed amendments to New Jersey's eviction statutes (N.J.S.A.2A:18-53 and 2A:18-61.1), specifying extensive grounds for tenant removal including disorderly conduct, property damage, drug offenses, and assault convictions, along with procedural requirements such as three-day written notices and service procedures. It also included substantive protections prohibiting landlords from evicting or refusing to rent to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and provisions allowing such victims to terminate leases early with appropriate documentation. In this version, all operative statutory language has been removed and replaced with a committee statement dated September 10, 2026, that summarizes what the bill would do rather than enacting it, suggesting this represents an intermediate draft stage rather than final legislative text.
