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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as \"Peggy's Law.\""
+description: "Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as \"Peggy's Law.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 1219"
+citation: "New Jersey S 1219 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "SR CITIZENS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "McGuckin, Gregory P.", "Oliver, Sheila Y.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Wolfe, David W."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "a78353f06a544c3368e0b87f1e12842ae40330a44f3f9967d68ee29e4a383e2d"
+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 S 1219 (217) — Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
+
+## 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/S1500/1219_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S1500/1219_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
+- Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A936 (2R)
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.186. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+