---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates April 22 each year as \"Personal Carbon Footprint Awareness Day.\""
description: "Designates April 22 each year as \"Personal Carbon Footprint Awareness Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "SJR 75"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 75 (219)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "McKeon, John F.", "Smith, Bob", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b325ac-94fc-4e89-ad8d-b1e9632289be"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ac55f1341e20fd9bc99f4704b2533389bd7df5680b508fe6fa2b84bdf4002c53"
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 75 (219) — Designates April 22 each year as "Personal Carbon Footprint 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/75_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **62–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-0) `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR103
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (62-8-0) `passage`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, JR-9. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9b325ac-94fc-4e89-ad8d-b1e9632289be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).