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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree."
+description: "Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 2503"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2503 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3769c880-8e4b-4757-8ba8-722de2d20fbd"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "940ce4acc42f0d5a83af81dff3af1f32be9cf5007093f993a345fe84a28bac7d"
+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 2503 (219) — Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.
+
+## 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/S3000/2503_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
+- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
+- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
+- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4588
+- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.172. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3769c880-8e4b-4757-8ba8-722de2d20fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+