---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*"
description: "Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 19"
citation: "New Jersey S 19 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de9ce1c7-844a-47ca-b4f9-4351adfcd983"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "36aba8801ba51847ce4ba944060c810b665fe475f08bfcdd18c9117447ee47ac"
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 S 19 (219) — Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*

## 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/2020/Bills/S0500/19_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/19_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4315
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (62-0-12) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-3) `passage`
- **2020-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.76. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de9ce1c7-844a-47ca-b4f9-4351adfcd983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).