---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October as \"Dyslexia Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates October as \"Dyslexia Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 77"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 77 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DISEASE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Thompson, Samuel D.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe3f095-1726-487c-a78e-e2feb7610bab"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b93047342f9d4aa29214891246db168077ce53b92ae3b82d2aab13df2a2f70a8"
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 77 (217) — Designates October as "Dyslexia Awareness 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](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/77_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/77_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (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 Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR116
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (33-0) (Thompson)
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-0) `passage`
- **2017-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-19. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fe3f095-1726-487c-a78e-e2feb7610bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).