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Following Governor Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matthew J. Platkin as New Jersey’s next attorney general, Amol Sinha, Executive Director of the ACLU of New Jersey, issued the following statement:
The Excluded New Jerseyans Fund (ENJF) was never funded enough to reach all New Jerseyans excluded from federal pandemic relief, according to a new report by New Jersey Policy Pers
Recently, Governor Phil Murphy signed over 100 new bills into law on the first day of his second term, including S1020 and S2811.
Legislation that allows police officers to view body-worn camera (BWC) footage before writing reports was signed into law today by Governor Murphy. Community leaders, defense attorneys, and civil rights organizations had urged Gov.
Governor Murphy today signed A6260/S49, which declares the right to abortion as part of a strong codification of the right to reproductive autonomy in the Garden State.
The full New Jersey State Legislature will vote today on A6260/S49, a bill that would codify the existing right to abortion for New Jerseyans currently protected by state case law.