republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-2061.md

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Bill	Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.	Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 2061	New Jersey A 2061 (217)	bill	CRIMES DOMESTIC VIO	enacted	Caride, Marlene Greenstein, Linda R. Gusciora, Reed Lagana, Joseph A. Lampitt, Pamela R. Mosquera, Gabriela M. Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Sarlo, Paul A. Singleton, Troy Spencer, L. Grace Tucker, Cleopatra G.	2	10	4	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8dd9fc8e-6f6d-411c-b20c-88f410bad866	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	28d1adee8d532b6b1b6f26ab256a48be5a8ad5616d740e8677a8d940541f9ae1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2061 (217) — Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.

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 — 78–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — 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
• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3209
• 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.240. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dd9fc8e-6f6d-411c-b20c-88f410bad866. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).