---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates month of March of each year as \"Irish-American Heritage Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates month of March of each year as \"Irish-American Heritage Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 63"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 63 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Oroho, Steven V."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aad92ed-d8dd-4d05-90d0-56293b3395b3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e76f6f787636f91f2e812736d4e29d89543add83bafb746ac3b9f4d105a5f612"
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 63 (220) — Designates month of March of each year as "Irish-American Heritage Month" in 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/2022/AJR/63_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/AJR/63_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR61 (1R)
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, 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/3aad92ed-d8dd-4d05-90d0-56293b3395b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).