---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates February 14 of each year as Frederick Douglass Day in NJ."
description: "Designates February 14 of each year as Frederick Douglass Day in NJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "SJR 93"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 93 (219)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-08-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0100891-a465-4f8c-8063-884c915c4471"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "625cfe0b44a80a6684910d6592fc4f74b54a6ae5376eeb24b059e221a875038d"
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 93 (219) — Designates February 14 of each year as Frederick Douglass Day in NJ.

## 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/93_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-0) `passage`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR180
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, JR-3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0100891-a465-4f8c-8063-884c915c4471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).