New Jersey Assembly Democrats: Legislation Promoting Rehabilitative Treatment for Substance-Dependent Offenders Passes Assembly Committee
February 15, 2020
February 15, 2020
TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 15 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news:
Placing an emphasis on rehabilitation over punishment, Assembly Democrats John Armato and Valerie Vainieri Huttle have sponsored a bill that would reduce court-ordered fines owed by drug or alcohol-dependent people upon the completion of a treatment program. The legislation was advanced by the Assembly Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Under the bill (A-275), a substance-dependent p . . .
Placing an emphasis on rehabilitation over punishment, Assembly Democrats John Armato and Valerie Vainieri Huttle have sponsored a bill that would reduce court-ordered fines owed by drug or alcohol-dependent people upon the completion of a treatment program. The legislation was advanced by the Assembly Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Under the bill (A-275), a substance-dependent p . . .