---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates March of each year as \"Professional Social Work Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates March of each year as \"Professional Social Work Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "AJR 105"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 105 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Madden, Fred H.", "Murphy, Carol A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dca9bcc-2cdd-45af-a94a-9964925702dc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "28e0d8d70eca6ef76108f12ac6c3dcf0a11ad62e76e690e6f6ecf022952f4630"
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 105 (218) — Designates March of each year as "Professional Social Work 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/2018/Bills/AJR/105_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR63
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, JR-3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dca9bcc-2cdd-45af-a94a-9964925702dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).