---
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).