---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates May of each year as \"Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates May of each year as \"Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "SJR 89"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 89 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DISEASE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMaio, John", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Webber, Jay"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49dae577-b279-4b61-a60d-0f56b09257e0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "dfdbf541f923e11b025d3bb627cc278292d4412a9c9829f30d1f686a980b35d8"
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 89 (217) — Designates May of each year as "Prader-Willi Syndrome 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/SJR/89_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/SJR/89_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiMaio, John — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR111 (1R)
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-4. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49dae577-b279-4b61-a60d-0f56b09257e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).