---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes."
description: "Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 1946"
citation: "New Jersey A 1946 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DOMESTIC VIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Singleton, Troy", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe1fcdc-d7e7-49fb-be94-76d52e62b574"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a3f75a9b589a096ef29871362d1ff951eb2953af291c84a2881c134c1bf78aeb"
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 1946 (217) — Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.

## 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/A2000/1946_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — 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 Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1257
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.77. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe1fcdc-d7e7-49fb-be94-76d52e62b574`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).