---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates May of each year as \"Small Business Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates May of each year as \"Small Business Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 27"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 27 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corrado, Kristin M.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, P. Christopher"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440d128a-7ee6-4d82-9ba3-eac6e2d4171c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "28dd02787b508378d107c2b765c915bc6575abd04fd19939dfdf95bee2bc6392"
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 27 (218) — Designates May of each year as "Small Business 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/SJR/27_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR61
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, JR-13. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/440d128a-7ee6-4d82-9ba3-eac6e2d4171c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).