This bill amends New Jersey's homicide laws to establish a rebuttable presumption that a homicide occurred within the state if the body of the victim is found there. The current law allows for a permissive inference that a homicide may have occurred in New Jersey under similar circumstances. The change from an inference to a rebuttable presumption means that if a jury finds that a homicide victim's body was discovered in New Jersey, they must assume that the homicide took place in the state unless evidence is presented to counter this presumption.

The specific legal language being amended is found in N.J.S.2C:1-3, where the phrase "it may be inferred" is deleted and replaced with "there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such result occurred within the State." This shift aims to clarify the legal standards for determining jurisdiction in homicide cases, making it more straightforward for juries to establish where the crime occurred based on the location of the victim's body. The bill is set to take effect immediately upon passage.