In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Phil Phil Murphy signed a bill into law Tuesday morning establishing a pilot program to electronically monitor certain domestic violence offenders in New Jersey.

The law applies to those convicted of violating a domestic violence order and comes years after similar measures stalled in Trenton. The creation of the four-year, $2.5 million pilot program in Ocean County was in response to the 2009 murder of a Toms River woman.

Murphy signed the bill into law the same day as his successor’s inauguration. Mikie Sherrill, a fellow Democrat, is being sworn into office Tuesday afternoon.

State Sen. Troy Singleton, D-Burlington, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said the law will allow domestic violence survivors to have more control.

“And I think they have an opportunity to guard against these high risk moments and allow for them to have a little bit of peace of mind as we try and create more survivors than victims of domestic violence,” he said.

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