S 4610Concerns penalties for assault of motorbus and rail passenger service employees.

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This version transforms the bill from operative legislative text into a committee statement with amendments. The changes primarily involve removing the original statutory language that would have amended P.L.1979, c.150 and P.L.2021, c.352 to authorize transit corporations and autobus companies to ban passengers who assault employees from using transportation services. The committee statement now summarizes a revised approach that establishes a three-tiered ban system: up to one year for assault, up to five years for assault convictions (with petition rights after three years), and lifetime bans for assaults involving deadly weapons. Seven committee amendments are introduced, including defining key terms like "assault," "employee," and "deadly weapon," reducing the initial ban period from five years to one year, clarifying covered employee categories to include frontline personnel, and adding requirements for communication systems, security officer designation, victim support programs, and de-escalation training.