republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-373.md

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Bill	Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.	Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 373	New Jersey A 373 (217)	bill	CHILD ABUSE CRIM PROCED CRIMES SEX OFFEND	enacted	Addiego, Dawn Marie Auth, Robert Bucco, Anthony R. Jimenez, Angelica M. McGuckin, Gregory P. Peterson, Erik Schepisi, Holly T. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	2	11	4	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e0f1827a-bfee-4a7f-b2bf-2ed5a1221e21	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	90b8d9e8f089c489a7f4f61f1872d6324108f6c8c2e3711c06369296ec6c7fa5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 373 (217) — Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.

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

• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
• Auth, Robert — primary (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
• Peterson, Erik — primary (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
• Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
• DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
• Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — 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
• 2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (69-0-0) passage
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S607 (1R)
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.150. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0f1827a-bfee-4a7f-b2bf-2ed5a1221e21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).