---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Daniel's Law\" prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of active, formely active, and retired judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such infor"
description: "\"Daniel's Law\" prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of active, formely active, and retired judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such infor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 1649"
citation: "New Jersey A 1649 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INTERNET", "JUDGES", "POLICE", "PROSECUTORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Smith, Bob"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0dff3d5-0b66-4b98-b87c-9b61295501ef"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "37e6f556cc9890732abcca1d9fa693c0d0c2ad43e3dee107a80041b04b4de486"
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 1649 (219) — "Daniel's Law" prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of active, formely active, and retired judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such infor

## 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/A2000/1649_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2000/1649_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2797/2925 (SCS)
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (33-0) (Cryan) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.125. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0dff3d5-0b66-4b98-b87c-9b61295501ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).