---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as \"Peggy's Law.\""
description: "Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as \"Peggy's Law.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1219"
citation: "New Jersey S 1219 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "McGuckin, Gregory P.", "Oliver, Sheila Y.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Wolfe, David W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a78353f06a544c3368e0b87f1e12842ae40330a44f3f9967d68ee29e4a383e2d"
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 1219 (217) — Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."

## 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/S1500/1219_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S1500/1219_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
- Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A936 (2R)
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.186. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).