---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates one night in November of each year as a \"Night of Conversation\" about drug and alcohol addiction."
description: "Designates one night in November of each year as a \"Night of Conversation\" about drug and alcohol addiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "SJR 29"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 29 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DRUG ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Phoebus, Gail", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447038db-b8e3-4004-a1c1-64fa6fa1ed3c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9a29e277298a7bc86a5eb5494f81be102e035d03a82b3774f56a74e29feb62bc"
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 29 (217) — Designates one night in November of each year as a "Night of Conversation" about drug and alcohol addiction.

## 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/29_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR58
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, JR-12. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/447038db-b8e3-4004-a1c1-64fa6fa1ed3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).