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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates April 2nd of each year as \"World Autism Awareness Day.\""
+description: "Designates April 2nd of each year as \"World Autism Awareness Day.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "AJR 54"
+citation: "New Jersey AJR 54 (217)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DISEASE", "MENTAL HEALT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Holley, Jamel C.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f35c6ab-4287-46dd-bdb9-3f4ad4204237"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "628a3cbc44823961b07ceed995b5b1e7e0e4c7e8fe07cf9dd35db769911e51b3"
+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 54 (217) — Designates April 2nd of each year as "World Autism Awareness Day."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/54_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/54_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
+- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR104
+- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
+- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-14. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f35c6ab-4287-46dd-bdb9-3f4ad4204237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+