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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes \"New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled.\""
+description: "Establishes \"New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 157"
+citation: "New Jersey S 157 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DISABLED", "SR CITIZENS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Handlin, Amy H.", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Oliver, Sheila Y.", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "042272cebfc29f468ad3bd14c8b5291246465b65ee16a678eddb216897eeb721"
+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 157 (217) — Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
+
+## 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/S0500/157_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/157_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Handlin, Amy H. — primary (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1120 (1R)
+- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.3. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+