---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered."
description: "Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5599"
citation: "New Jersey A 5599 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Gill, Nia H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aef01b8-7bb5-4bfb-854a-7c702d92ea45"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9925cb1485010042815abe8803a4dcb7a14c377c2f978c423d6570ab93af9b53"
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 5599 (219) — Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.

## 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/A9999/5599_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5599_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- EMERGENCY — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3916
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (38-0) (Scutari)
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-2) `passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.327. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aef01b8-7bb5-4bfb-854a-7c702d92ea45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).