New Jersey Senate approves new anti-harassment policy
<p>The New Jersey Senate voted to adopt a new legislative anti-harassment policy, the first in about 10 years, and the first of the #MeToo era.</p>
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Sep 27, 2018, 10:55 PM
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(AP) - The New Jersey Senate voted to adopt a new legislative anti-harassment policy, the first in about 10 years, and the first of the #MeToo era.
The Democrat-led Senate approved the bipartisan new policy and accompanying legislation 38-0 Thursday. The Democrat-controlled Assembly passed it 79-0.
The policy passed as a resolution and does not require the governor's assent to take effect.
The eight-page document replaces a five-and-a-half-page 2009 policy.
It has a handful of changes, among them requiring training every two years.
The policy came after a review by lawmakers who began pushing for updates amid accounts of sexual misconduct as part of the #MeToo movement.
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