Became P.L.2023, c.155, on September 7, 2023.
2022–2023 Session
Senate Bill 2802
"Uniform Public Expression Protection Act"; provides for expedited process for dismissal of "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation" (SLAPP).*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jun 2
Chief co-sponsor from May 22, 2023
2 co-sponsors
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jun 30, 2023
Carol A. Murphy, Kevin J. Rooney
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 30, 2023
2 co-sponsors
Its course
June 6, 2022 to September 7, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 5 days
In the SenateJun 6 to Jun 30389 days
JudiciaryJun 6 to Mar 20287 days
Budget and AppropriationsMar 20 to Jun 2799 days
In the General AssemblyJun 30 to Jun 300 days
With the GovernorJun 30 to Sep 769 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Anthony M. Bucco, Brian P. Stack, Christopher J. Connors, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Edward Durr, Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, Jean Stanfield, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Richard J. Codey, Robert W. Singer, Samuel D. Thompson, Shirley K. Turner, Steven V. Oroho, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Bob Smith, Nia H. Gill Esq., Sandra B. Cunningham
General Assembly, third reading76–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Angela V. McKnight, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brandon E. Umba, Brian Bergen, Brian E. Rumpf, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, DiAnne C. Gove, Donald A. Guardian, Edward H. Thomson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Erik Peterson, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gerry Scharfenberger, Harold J. Wirths, Herb Conaway Jr., Jacqueline S. Yustein, James J. Kennedy, Jay Webber, Joe Danielsen, John Catalano, John DiMaio, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kevin J. Rooney, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michael Torrissi Jr., Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Nancy F. Muñoz, Pamela R. Lampitt, Parker Space, Paul D. Moriarty, Pedro Mejia, Raj Mukherji, Reginald W. Atkins, Robert Auth, Robert D. Clifton, Robert J. Karabinchak, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Sean T. Kean, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Victoria A. Flynn, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William F. Moen Jr., William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Not voting Angelica M. Jimenez, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, Gary S. Schaer, Gregory P. McGuckin
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 27, 2023
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jun 6 – Jun 30, 2023
- Jun 6Introduced in the Senate and sent to Judiciary
- Mar 20, 2023Judiciary recommended it
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jun 27, 2023Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30, 2023Passed the Senate, 37 to 0
In the General Assembly Jun 30, 2023
- Jun 30, 2023Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 76 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Sep 7, 2023
- Sep 7, 2023Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.155