republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-1163.md

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Bill	Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.	Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 1163	New Jersey S 1163 (219)	bill	POLICE	enacted	Conaway, Herb Greenstein, Linda R. Tucker, Cleopatra G. Turner, Shirley K.	2	15	7	2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2020-11-24T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/916eeaf5-2282-4e95-9e4a-b3ccb79dbd72	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	2bcb6be9e48b1b59eb753c034d34c5289b1749c80f84f5745cdce6f79506f43b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1163 (219) — Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.

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 — 55–18 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 53–15 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT GR — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported without recommendation out of Senate committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 32–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading w/o recommendation committee-passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (32-2) passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (McKnight) amendment-passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4271 (1R)
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (55-18-5) passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-0) passage
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (32-0)
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (53-15-6) passage
• 2020-11-24T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.128. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/916eeaf5-2282-4e95-9e4a-b3ccb79dbd72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).