---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates September \"Affordable Housing Awareness Month.\""
description: "Designates September \"Affordable Housing Awareness Month.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 76"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 76 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "COMMEMORATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gill, Nia H.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c4cb21-cb5b-4caa-9685-e45eeca75bf0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8339fac8320051961687780211517b040f90d2f7b7d6fa7656d784715ea642bb"
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 76 (217) — Designates September "Affordable Housing 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/AJR/76_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **66–6** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (66-6-3) `passage`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `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** Substituted for SJR16
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, 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/35c4cb21-cb5b-4caa-9685-e45eeca75bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).