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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates April 9 of each year as \"Paul Robeson Day\" in State of New Jersey."
+description: "Designates April 9 of each year as \"Paul Robeson Day\" in State of New Jersey."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "AJR 217"
+citation: "New Jersey AJR 217 (221)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Spearman, William W.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdc3559a-8b28-4daf-accb-8a9371410871"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "e1536fa0b344b32eeff1100e692194ef6b0edeba967fff622c882975ec5857b3"
+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 217 (221) — Designates April 9 of each year as "Paul Robeson Day" in State of New Jersey.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/AJR/217_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **46–21** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–1** (pass) · lower
+- MOTION TAB MOTION — **42–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To As (Webber)
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table As (Greenwald) (42-27-0)
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (46-21-0) `passage`
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR46
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-0) `passage`
+- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, JR-5. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdc3559a-8b28-4daf-accb-8a9371410871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+