Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2016
Committee Review
Mar 2016
General Assembly Passage
Feb 2016
Senate Passage
Mar 2016
Signed into Law
May 2016
Introduced Jan 27, 2016
Signed May 5, 2016
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 5, 2016
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2016, c.2.
executive
Mar 14, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
legislature
Mar 7, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
legislature
Feb 29, 2016
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
legislature
Feb 18, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
legislature
Feb 8, 2016
Legislature · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
legislature
Feb 4, 2016
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
legislature
Jan 27, 2016
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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