New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3091: Sexual assault, ed instit by another student-fine, fail to appropriately respond
Status: Introduced, October 22, 2026
Concerns sexual assault complaints.*
What the bill says
An Act concerning sexual assault and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 1. a. The Secretary of Higher Education shall impose a penalty of $10,000 against an institution of higher education if the secretary determines that the institution failed to appropriately respond to and investigate an allegation of sexual assault made by a student enrolled in the institution against another student enrolled in the institution, and to impose appropriate disciplinary action against the perpetrator if the allegation is substantiated. b. The civil penalty.
From the committee substitute text, October 22, 2026:
An Act concerning sexual assault and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 1. a. The Secretary of Higher Education shall impose a penalty of $10,000 against an institution of higher education if the secretary determines that the institution failed to appropriately respond to and investigate an allegation of sexual assault made by a student enrolled in the institution against another student enrolled in the institution, and to impose appropriate disciplinary action against the perpetrator if the allegation is substantiated. b. The civil penalty prescribed by subsection a. of this section shall be collected by the secretary in a summary proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999, P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). 2. a. (1) Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall notify the appropriate county prosecutors office within 24 hours of receiving a report or complaint of a sexual assault pursuant to N.J.S.2C:14-2 or otherwise becoming aware of a sexual assault that occurred in the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency. (2) Every campus police department at an institution of higher education in this State that appoints police officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) shall notify the appropriate county prosecutors office within 24 hours of receiving …