republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-5392.md

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Bill	Establishes new liability standards in sexual abuse lawsuits filed against public entities and public employees.	Establishes new liability standards in sexual abuse lawsuits filed against public entities and public employees.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 5392	New Jersey A 5392 (218)	bill	CIVIL ACTION JUDICIARY PUB EMPLOYEE SEX OFFEND	enacted	Murphy, Carol A. Quijano, Annette Scutari, Nicholas P. Vitale, Joseph F.	2	9	4	2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00	2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e7796f45-7025-4ad9-9963-690d23f9330c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	90ffbe3786e5e7c9adf85224e9525d5321ab38926cb577fca9d12c42dd53fc24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5392 (218) — Establishes new liability standards in sexual abuse lawsuits filed against public entities and public employees.

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 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-1-1) passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3739 (1R)
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) passage
• 2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.239. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7796f45-7025-4ad9-9963-690d23f9330c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).