---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates third weekend in October each year as \"Shuck, Sip, and Slurp Weekend\" to promote NJ oysters, wine, and beer."
description: "Designates third weekend in October each year as \"Shuck, Sip, and Slurp Weekend\" to promote NJ oysters, wine, and beer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 23"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 23 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BE", "COMMEMORATIO", "FISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Land, R. Bruce", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Van Drew, Jeff", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6246e1e9-e69e-4cdc-ad3e-944ae89b73ca"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ef8520cf0a818ec9cdbb637458d88affe6efeb30c97225b848856b1051bb341f"
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 23 (217) — Designates third weekend in October each year as "Shuck, Sip, and Slurp Weekend" to promote NJ oysters, wine, and beer.

## 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/AJR/23_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-1-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR30
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, JR-8. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6246e1e9-e69e-4cdc-ad3e-944ae89b73ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).