republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1219.md

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Bill	Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."	Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1219	New Jersey S 1219 (217)	bill	HEALTH FAC SR CITIZENS	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Giblin, Thomas P. Holzapfel, James W. McGuckin, Gregory P. Oliver, Sheila Y. Wimberly, Benjie E. Wolfe, David W.	2	12	3	2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	a78353f06a544c3368e0b87f1e12842ae40330a44f3f9967d68ee29e4a383e2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1219 (217) — Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."

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

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
• McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
• Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+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
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A936 (2R)
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.186. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35ef96a3-f548-4d4e-a4af-523f83c83fcc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).