---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances."
description: "Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1704"
citation: "New Jersey A 1704 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b4f1189-d0ad-4098-a126-aba8322dbf6f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c1d0addc34d73d50bea05606ca925825306a843bdad5f54fee76b5fefa36f1be"
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 1704 (220) — Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English 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](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1704_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AJU 3/9/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1704_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-1) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1000 (1R)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.234. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b4f1189-d0ad-4098-a126-aba8322dbf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).