---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizes 70th anniversary of establishment of State of Israel."
description: "Recognizes 70th anniversary of establishment of State of Israel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 56"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 56 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["INTERNAT AFF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Gill, Nia H.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6c7c225-08fe-4018-baa9-097160427923"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c9207c2170bf3cabbc3928b2cfa6fd8d0994e2ebb07d92e3ddf3d1976aa523b1"
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 56 (218) — Recognizes 70th anniversary of establishment of State of Israel.

## 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/56_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Green, Jerry — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
- Thomson, Edward H. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR63 (1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, JR-5. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6c7c225-08fe-4018-baa9-097160427923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).