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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates November 14th through November 20th as \"Transgender Awareness Week.\""
+description: "Designates November 14th through November 20th as \"Transgender Awareness Week.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "AJR 139"
+citation: "New Jersey AJR 139 (217)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lesniak, Raymond J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61769af9-daae-4af0-99b4-a4da4fa60f86"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "088465205555511c53065552b54eab88cfa8f21d29e43f16aec175508a11e546"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey AJR 139 (217) — Designates November 14th through November 20th as "Transgender Awareness Week."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/139_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Lesniak, Raymond J. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (61-5-8) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR100
+- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-0) `passage`
+- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-22. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61769af9-daae-4af0-99b4-a4da4fa60f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+