---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled.\""
description: "Establishes \"New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 157"
citation: "New Jersey S 157 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handlin, Amy H.", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Oliver, Sheila Y.", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "042272cebfc29f468ad3bd14c8b5291246465b65ee16a678eddb216897eeb721"
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 S 157 (217) — Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."

## 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/2016/Bills/S0500/157_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/157_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handlin, Amy H. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1120 (1R)
- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).