Primary
Documents
In January of 1998, the state of New Jersey removed the last
specifically anti-Roma law on the books of any American state by
effectively eliminating offensive reference to Roma people, commonly
referred to as gypsies. The bill was described by the Assembly Local
Government Committee on 5 May 1997 in a Statement to the Assembly
in the following manner:
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The
Assembly Local Government Committee reports favorably Assemply
Bill No. 2654.
Assembly
Bill No. 2654 is intended to remove from the statutes an offensive
reference to the Roma and Sinti ethnic groups, commonly referred
to as gypsies. No other ethnic group is singled out in the
statutes for special licensing treatment by a municipality
and subsection k. of R.S.40:52-1 probably would be unenforceable
if tested in the courts. |
The
following is a timeline of this law from introduction as a bill
to final approval:
1/9/97 Introduced And Referred To Assembly Local Government Committee
5/5/97 Reported 2nd Reading
5/22/97 Passed Assembly (79-0-0)
5/22/97 Received In Senate Referred To Senate Community Affairs
Committee
12/11/97 Reported 2nd Reading
12/15/97 Substituted For S2121
12/15/97 Passed Both Houses (38-0)
1/8/98 Approved P.L.1997, c.320.
A
complete record of the law is available in PDF format:
Introduced
- 3 pages
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Statement - ALG 5/5/97 - 1 pages
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Statement - SCO 12/11/97 - 1 pages
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Introduced - Passed Both Houses - 3 pages
PDF Format
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Advance Law - 3 pages
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Pamphlet Law - 2 pages
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