---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates June 2 of each year as \"Gun Violence Awareness Day.\""
description: "Designates June 2 of each year as \"Gun Violence Awareness Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "SJR 41"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 41 (219)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d8a8ff-bd17-44d8-bdc5-8959c3e8cc65"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "43984d0bd0f28624047ae50b7b36ec7c53d4bda369c343875846d9444a042726"
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 41 (219) — Designates June 2 of each year as "Gun Violence Awareness 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/2020/Bills/SJR/41_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/SJR/41_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- TABLE MOTION — **25–15** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Pennacchio)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (25-15) (Weinberg)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (31-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR33 (1R)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-0-4) `passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, JR-4. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d8a8ff-bd17-44d8-bdc5-8959c3e8cc65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).