---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates May of each year as \"Civil War Veterans Recognition Month,\" in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War."
description: "Designates May of each year as \"Civil War Veterans Recognition Month,\" in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 59"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 59 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Doherty, Michael J.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9198ba5e-42b0-4553-90e4-09416be95d37"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "64133eadd4a5bccfde25df6639631c680ef90982b4a00eae6f2afe85c2417514"
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 59 (218) — Designates May of each year as "Civil War Veterans Recognition Month," in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

## 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/59_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Doherty, Michael J. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR21 (1R)
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, JR-24. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9198ba5e-42b0-4553-90e4-09416be95d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).