republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2503.md

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Bill	Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.	Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2503	New Jersey S 2503 (219)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES	enacted	Cryan, Joseph P. Cunningham, Sandra B. Dunn, Aura K. Lopez, Yvonne Ruiz, M. Teresa Speight, Shanique	1	10	5	2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00	2021-07-12T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3769c880-8e4b-4757-8ba8-722de2d20fbd	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	940ce4acc42f0d5a83af81dff3af1f32be9cf5007093f993a345fe84a28bac7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2503 (219) — Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (33-0) passage
• 2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4588
• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2021-07-12T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.172. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3769c880-8e4b-4757-8ba8-722de2d20fbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).