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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates month of May of each year as \"Mental Health Awareness Month.\""
+description: "Designates month of May of each year as \"Mental Health Awareness Month.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "SJR 62"
+citation: "New Jersey SJR 62 (217)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MENTAL HEALT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Downey, Joann", "Eustace, Tim", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Rooney, Kevin J."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "93206c06d483662fc7e4e3cd6cec11afe4e4756da916a09cb654d8a96f626b0a"
+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 SJR 62 (217) — Designates month of May of each year as "Mental Health Awareness Month."
+
+## 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/SJR/62_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
+- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR96
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-9. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+