republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/sjr-79.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Creates commission to study sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment by staff against inmates in State correctional facilities.	Creates commission to study sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment by staff against inmates in State correctional facilities.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	SJR 79	New Jersey SJR 79 (219)	joint resolution	COMMISSIONS CORRECTIONS SEX OFFEND	enacted	Gill, Nia H. Greenstein, Linda R. Murphy, Carol A. Tucker, Cleopatra G. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	2	9	4	2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00	2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2bce6cee-b622-438c-a307-113af4605afc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	7d31272be6f85fe2f68958d4863edd01817c1759b166bdfcefb181e6dcdaa64e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey SJR 79 (219) — Creates commission to study sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment by staff against inmates in State correctional facilities.

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 — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Women and Children Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for AJR167
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, JR-3. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bce6cee-b622-438c-a307-113af4605afc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).