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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.*"
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description: "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.*"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "217"
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identifier: "A 1199"
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citation: "New Jersey A 1199 (217)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHILDREN", "DOMESTIC VIO"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c001deac-a91e-48ae-89d4-0c8410938e9d"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "a8af95a567ad105af17e32de7582e1e76599ce79c8f560720ac1264f9b7d3e67"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# 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.*
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1500/1199_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1500/1199_R1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
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- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
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- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
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- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
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- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
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- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
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- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
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- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
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- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
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- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
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- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
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- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (McKeon) `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
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- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
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- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1326 (1R)
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- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
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- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.205. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c001deac-a91e-48ae-89d4-0c8410938e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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