---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates third week in October of each year as \"New Jersey Careers in Utilities Week.\""
description: "Designates third week in October of each year as \"New Jersey Careers in Utilities Week.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "SJR 13"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 13 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALIZAT", "PUBLIC UTIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Madden, Fred H.", "Phoebus, Gail", "Space, Parker", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/499322b6-c75d-49c5-9c09-214b9b2ad4b2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5030d18ab49da6bc7f7f71d0f85ff290c1ddac6818c7a3c37ff7689ac17d76d9"
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 SJR 13 (217) — Designates third week in October of each year as "New Jersey Careers in Utilities Week."

## 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/SJR/13_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee `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** Substituted for AJR65
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, JR-7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/499322b6-c75d-49c5-9c09-214b9b2ad4b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).