republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-156.md

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Bill	Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.	Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 156	New Jersey A 156 (217)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES	enacted	Dancer, Ronald S. Kean, Thomas H. Mosquera, Gabriela M. O'Toole, Kevin J. Quijano, Annette Tucker, Cleopatra G. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	9	4	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/279c872f-6475-4811-8a9e-7674836a523f	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	f3916aa66f106be66248b71a308340adfa8cbdb1a2042a466878884b0fc0b9ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 156 (217) — Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.

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 — 75–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
• O'Toole, Kevin J. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
• Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — 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 Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S345
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) passage
• 2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.2. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/279c872f-6475-4811-8a9e-7674836a523f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).