Lawmakers are taking action to ensure that residents of high-rise buildings in New Jersey are safe.

It follows the death of a 2-year-old boy who fell out of a window in a Newark high-rise last year.

Justin El-Abiad fell 20 stories out of a window in November. His mother has an ongoing civil case against Elizabeth Towers - the company that owns the building where it happened.

The mother’s attorney tells News 12 that the window was only covered in plexiglass and claims there were no window guards in place.

State and local lawmakers want more protections in place.

“We’re going to introduce an ordinance…that will call on these larger buildings to have window inspections through a certain period of time and whatever repairs that need to be held are abated because of the extent and largeness of some of these buildings,” said Newark Councilman Patrick Council.

News 12 returned to Elizabeth Towners on Thursday, and it appears that a majority of the windows on the higher floors have bars on them.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office says there have been no criminal charges filed in this case as of now.

A funeral for El-Abiad was also held on Thursday.