---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances."
description: "Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 744"
citation: "New Jersey A 744 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9622e843-901f-4212-8709-e7b58607951a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4b74ad19bb7a1f3d28f392ed70688785d941f56cc4921b2df59aca754fe11cc5"
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 744 (219) — Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.

## 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/A1000/744_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A1000/744_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — 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 Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1482 (1R)
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-1) `passage`
- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.52. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9622e843-901f-4212-8709-e7b58607951a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).