---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates February 14 of each year as \"Socks for the Homeless Day.\""
description: "Designates February 14 of each year as \"Socks for the Homeless Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 17"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 17 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Beach, James", "Downey, Joann", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Murphy, Carol A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d7faa3-50f1-49b2-bff6-42747fb60645"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cf43a9e247473bc59eb49b013d509aee996b6c2600644f38a982a3c84096db40"
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 17 (218) — Designates February 14 of each year as "Socks for the Homeless Day."

## 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/SJR/17_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR51
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, JR-1. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0d7faa3-50f1-49b2-bff6-42747fb60645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).