---
type: "Bill"
title: "Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances."
description: "Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3201"
citation: "New Jersey S 3201 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "DISEASE", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Sauickie, Alex", "Spearman, William W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53b93c95-9dc6-4adc-893a-85c2a245b306"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "10019bf23c4db00110bc54bb1fcb9d60dbe7801161abb807826176d1eff9f016"
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 3201 (221) — Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.

## 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/2024/S3500/3201_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 9/23/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3201_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SLP 6/13/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3201_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Kanitra, Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Marenco, Julio — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2378 (2R)
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.94. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53b93c95-9dc6-4adc-893a-85c2a245b306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).