republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1199.md

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Bill	Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*	Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1199	New Jersey A 1199 (217)	bill	CHILDREN DOMESTIC VIO	enacted	Downey, Joann Lagana, Joseph A. Moriarty, Paul D. Mosquera, Gabriela M. Oroho, Steven V. Turner, Shirley K. Zwicker, Andrew	2	9	3	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c001deac-a91e-48ae-89d4-0c8410938e9d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a8af95a567ad105af17e32de7582e1e76599ce79c8f560720ac1264f9b7d3e67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1199 (217) — Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (McKeon) amendment-passage
• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1326 (1R)
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.205. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c001deac-a91e-48ae-89d4-0c8410938e9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).