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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include \"upskirting\"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another."
+description: "Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include \"upskirting\"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 156"
+citation: "New Jersey A 156 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "O'Toole, Kevin J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/279c872f-6475-4811-8a9e-7674836a523f"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "f3916aa66f106be66248b71a308340adfa8cbdb1a2042a466878884b0fc0b9ec"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 156 (217) — Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A0500/156_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A0500/156_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
+- O'Toole, Kevin J. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S345
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
+- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.2. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/279c872f-6475-4811-8a9e-7674836a523f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+