Robert Bianchi, a former Morris County prosecutor who now practices in Parsipanny, said the existing criminal statutes already allow owners whose dogs attack others to be charged with crimes up to manslaughter and even murder.

https://www.nj.com/crime/2021/03/dog-owners-can-be-charged-in-fatal-attacks-but-it-can-be-hard-to-prove-expert-says.html