---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child."
description: "Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3093"
citation: "New Jersey A 3093 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05474c91-0a91-41f8-9661-8fde4b9b7693"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fcf9a7d631872a8a21ffc6fb1be94513c3476378938bb52a046ec7068d21a376"
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 3093 (220) — Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.

## 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/A3500/3093_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AJU 2/16/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3500/3093_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint AJU 3/9/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3500/3093_R2.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted 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`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `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`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1516 (1R)
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.239. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05474c91-0a91-41f8-9661-8fde4b9b7693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).