republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-157.md

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Bill	Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."	Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 157	New Jersey S 157 (217)	bill	DISABLED SR CITIZENS	enacted	Handlin, Amy H. Madden, Fred H. McKnight, Angela V. Oliver, Sheila Y. Quijano, Annette Tucker, Cleopatra G. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	8	4	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	042272cebfc29f468ad3bd14c8b5291246465b65ee16a678eddb216897eeb721	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 157 (217) — Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."

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 — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Handlin, Amy H. — primary (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Oliver, Sheila Y. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1120 (1R)
• 2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) passage
• 2016-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.3. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6b581c0-a0dc-485f-8444-d81602a540f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).