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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Urges FCC to take temporary measures to secure broadband access for those affected by COVID-19."
+description: "Urges FCC to take temporary measures to secure broadband access for those affected by COVID-19."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "AJR 158"
+citation: "New Jersey AJR 158 (219)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["COMMUNICATIO", "DISEASE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brown, Chris A.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "DePhillips, Christopher P.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c9e14d-d836-49a7-83cc-06a7a7867841"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "ffa5bcb28c878712311c379cee4d8754a07d33fd49a4410af7358cf96a84e80e"
+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 AJR 158 (219) — Urges FCC to take temporary measures to secure broadband access for those affected by COVID-19.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/AJR/158_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- DePhillips, Christopher P. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (63-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, JR-1. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68c9e14d-d836-49a7-83cc-06a7a7867841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+