MEETING AGENDA

The New Jersey Law Revision Commission meeting will be conducted REMOTELY on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.

Any member of the public who wishes to submit comments on any agenda item or would like to participate in the meeting virtually should contact Veronica V. Fernandes in advance of the start time of the meeting at vvf@njlrc.org

1. Anachronistic References to the Abolished Interstate Commerce Commission— Consideration of a Draft Final Report recommending modifications to 26 New Jersey statutes that refer to the Interstate Commerce Commission, a federal agency that was abolished in 1995, with its remaining authority transferred to a successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board. Report

2. “Clean Slate” Statute (N.J.S.A. 2C:52-5.3) Application to Out-of-State Convictions – Consideration of a Draft Tentative Report proposing modifications to the Clean Slate Statute in N.J.S. 2C:52-5.3 clarifying that the ten-year waiting period for bringing expungement petitions is triggered by out-of-state convictions, as well as New Jersey convictions, as held by In re K.M.G., 477 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div. 2023). Report

3. Analysis of the Compassionate Release Act — Consideration of an Update Memorandum seeking the Commission’s guidance on the direction of the project regarding the Compassionate Release Act, N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.51e, given the most recent New Jersey Supreme Court decisions State v. Payne, and M.R. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Corr., which expanded upon and clarified the standards previously outlined in the State v. F.E.D. and the State v. A.M. decisions. Memo

4. Megan’s Law 15-Year Offense-Free Requirement in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(f) as Applied to Juvenile Adjudications - Consideration of an Update Memorandum summarizing the response to preliminary outreach regarding whether N.J.S. 2C:7-2(f) would benefit from a modification clarifying that registrants with juvenile adjudications are not required to be offense-free for fifteen years to apply for termination of Megan’s Law obligations, as held in Matter of R.H., 258 N.J. 1 (2024). Memo

5. Tort Claims Act and Wrongful Imprisonment Claims – Consideration of an Update Memorandum summarizing additional research regarding the applicability of N.J.S.A. 59:9-2(d) to loss-of-liberty damages in legal malpractice actions brought against public defendants, as discussed in Nieves v. Office of the Public Defender, 241 N.J. 567 (2020). Memo