---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates second Monday of May each year as \"New Jersey Economic Development Day.\""
description: "Designates second Monday of May each year as \"New Jersey Economic Development Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 72"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 72 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "ECONOMIC DEV"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeCroce, BettyLou", "Kean, Sean T.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Thomson, Edward H.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29594229-6d05-4d4b-9209-e9a958961851"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a991dfe94fb26b5cce61dc0360625e65c639709e4acd9ef654a30187f9855c4e"
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 72 (218) — Designates second Monday of May each year as "New Jersey Economic Development 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/72_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Thomson, Edward H. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR139
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, JR10. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29594229-6d05-4d4b-9209-e9a958961851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).