BRANCHBURG, N.J. - Hazing in New Jersey will be met with harsher penalties under a new law named after Tim Piazza, a state native and Penn State student who died in 2017.Gov.
Phil Murphy signed Timothy J. Piazza's Law on Tuesday at Raritan Valley Community College, not far from where Piazza, who died when he was a 19-year-old sophomore studying engineering, grew up.
Pennsylvania also enacted tougher anti-hazing laws in 2018 that permit fraternity houses to be confiscated when severe hazing occurs."The safety of our students is our top priority, and we must do all that we can to protect them from cruel and dangerous hazing rituals," said Murphy, a Democrat.