---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case."
description: "Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 1017"
citation: "New Jersey S 1017 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIM", "SEX OFFEND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Matsikoudis, Michele", "Murphy, Carol A.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-09-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d310644-eb01-4a1e-8478-02f7ab1eeb64"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "7ee59d23aa1f0c3cdbd83934ff55433549b05138ee7f2ed8c2d0f1e93ccc9a35"
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 1017 (221) — Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case.

## 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/S1500/1017_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3748
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.59. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d310644-eb01-4a1e-8478-02f7ab1eeb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).